Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Cantharellales: Hydnaceae: Hydnum umbilicatum Peck

Hydnum umbilicatum – sweet tooth

Synonym: Dentinum umbilicatum.

Common names: sweet tooth, umbilicate hedgehog, depressed hedgehog.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Hydnum umbilicatum, commonly known as the depressed hedgehog, is a species of tooth fungus in the family Hydnaceae. It was scientifically described in 1902 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck. It is found in North America and in Europe. It is edible and good.

Finnish: Simaorakas.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

Side view of tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

Spores of tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023

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