tooth fungus

noun

any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.

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Lion’s mane mushrooms - also known as bearded tooth fungus - are white with long, hanging spines, similar to the figure in the picture.

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Lion’s mane mushrooms — also known as bearded tooth fungus — are white with long, hanging spines, similar to the figure in the picture.

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This tooth fungus excretes red liquid much like sap in a process called guttation, when the fungus absorbs extra water from wet soil.

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Young specimens of the inedible fungus Hydnellum peckii produce a red juice that have prompted common names such as "strawberries and cream" and "bleeding tooth fungus".

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August 6, 2010 11:58 am I’m going with a bleeding tooth fungus.

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