 The fruit bodies of Hydnellum peckii are found growing solitary , scattered , or clustered together on the ground under conifers , often among mosses and pine needle litter . H. peckii is a " late @-@ stage " fungus that , in boreal forests dominated by jack pine , typically begins associating with more mature hosts once the canopy has closed . A preference for mountainous or subalpine ecosystems has been noted . 
 The fruit bodies of Hydnellum peckii are found growing solitary , scattered , or clustered together on the ground under conifers , often among mosses and pine needle litter . H. peckii <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a " late @-@ stage " fungus <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>, in boreal forests dominated by jack pine , typically <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>begins</mark></a> associating with more mature hosts once the canopy <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> closed . A preference for mountainous or subalpine ecosystems <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> been noted . 
The fruit bodies of Hydnellum peckii are found growing solitary , scattered , or clustered together on da ground under conifers , often among mosses and pine needle litter . H. peckii a " late @-@ stage " fungus , in boreal forests dominated by jack pine , typically begin associating w/ more mature hosts once the canopy done closed . A preference for mountainous or subalpine ecosystems done been noted .