Jelly Tooth

Jelly Tooth - Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

Alternative names
Toothed Jelly fungus
Description

The upper surface is usually convex and greyish white; underneath are blunt spines.  The margins are translucent and it has a jelly-like texture.  It has a tapering white/grey stem.

Similar Species

Wood Hedgehog Hydnum repandum and related species also have spines or teeth on the underside of the cap

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good field photographs, showing toothed undersides as well as upper surface; note habitat and substrate

Habitat

decaying conifer stumps and felled trunks

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