Key Features
One of the key features of strawberry & cream is, a young specimen usually bleeds red juice and smells like strawberries.
Spore Print
The spores appear brown when deposited.
Cap
The cap surface can seem convex to flattened, It is usually densely covered with "hairs" that give it a texture similar to felt or velvet; these hairs are sloughed off in age, leaving the caps of mature specimens smooth. Its shape varies from somewhat round to irregular, 4 to 10 cm (1.6 to 3.9 in), or even as much as 20 cm (7.9 in) wide as a result of confluence. The cap is initially whitish, but later turns slightly brownish, with irregular dark-brown to nearly black blotches where it is bruised.
Stem
Strawberry & cream typically does not have a stem but a tall body that might grow up to 2 inches tall.
Habitat
The fruit bodies of Hydnellum peckii are found growing solitary, scattered, or clustered together on the ground under conifers, often among mosses and Pine and Douglas fir needle litter. The fungus has a wide distribution in North America, and is particularly common in the Pacific Northwest; its range extends north to Alaska and east to North Carolina.
Tree Association
Strawberry & Cream can be found growing in association with Douglas-fir, hemlock, and lodgepole-pine trees.
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