Hydnotria tulasnei

Hydnotria tulasnei Berk. & Broome (illustrated 75% life size) Fruit body 3–4cm across, more or less potato-shaped, sometimes very lumpy; pinky brown. Flesh pinkish-cream to reddish, with meandering lighter ‘valleys’; smell pleasant, like cocoa. Spores 20–35¼, spherical, decorated with small spines. Habitat with oaks and conifers; summer to autumn. Not recorded from Britain, these specimens were found in Portugal. Not considered edible.