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HYDNUM or ‘Tooth Fungi’

Another easy one with distinctive underside of the cap

So what is a tooth fungi

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Hydnum is a widespread genus which means it gets good coverage on the internet.

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While the names are the same the specimens look so different that local taxonomy might be mistaken. The California WWW looks very professional

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Both guide books that treat local BC Fungi only give 2 species of tooth fungi to chose from.

The illustration right shows we have the “navel” bearing species here (Hydnum umbilicatum) but see below.

Here is a tooth fungi collected in Smithers by the Shaws.

The brown spore print means it could not be a Hypnum. In fact modern taxonomy has split these fellows into a different family altogether.

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For those who want to go deeper into the modern literature here is a starting point.