Hydnellum blue (lat. Hydnellum caeruleum)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Incertae sedis (no ke kūlana maopopo ʻole)
- Kauoha: Thelephorales (Telephoric)
- ʻOhana: Bankeraceae
- ʻAno: Hydnellum (Gidnellum)
- Type: Hydnellum caeruleum (Gidnellum blue)
ʻO nā wahi i makemake ʻia he mau ululāʻau paina aia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka ʻāpana ʻEulopa. Makemake ʻo ia e ulu ma nā wahi lā me ka limu keʻokeʻo. Kokoke i nā manawa a pau, ulu hoʻokahi nā haloo a i kekahi manawa wale nō e hana i nā hui liʻiliʻi. E hōʻuluʻulu gindellum uliuli loaʻa mai Iulai a Kepakemapa.
Hiki i ka pāpale o ka halo ke piʻi i ka 20 cm ke anawaena, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kino hua e pili ana i 12 cm. Aia nā puʻupuʻu a me nā puʻupuʻu ma ka ʻili o ka halo, i nā ʻōpiopio ʻōpio hiki ke liʻiliʻi iki. ʻO ka polū ʻulaʻula ma luna, ʻeleʻele ma lalo, ʻano like ʻole ke ʻano, he mau spines liʻiliʻi a hiki i 4 mm ka lōʻihi. He ʻōniʻoniʻo a ʻulaʻula paha nā ʻōniʻoni ʻōpiopio, e lilo ana i ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha i ka wā lōʻihi. He ʻeleʻele nō hoʻi ka wāwae, pōkole, piha loa i ka moss.
Hyndellum uliuli ma ka ʻāpana ua hōʻike ʻia i nā kala he nui - ʻo ka ʻaoʻao luna a me lalo o ke kino he kala kala, a ʻo ka waena he uliuli a me ka ʻulaʻula uliuli. ʻAʻohe ʻala kikoʻī o ka pulp, ʻoʻoleʻa i ke ʻano a paʻa loa.
Aia kēia ʻaha i ka ʻano o ka ʻai ʻole.