Toothed fungi consist of fungal fruiting bodies with downward-pointing spines or ‘teeth’ emenating from their fertile surface. Some toothed fungi grow from decaying wood (Hericium spp., Mucronella spp., Radulomyces copelandii, Spongiopellis pachyodon, Steccherinum ochraceum, etc.). Others grow from the ground (Hydnum spp., Hydnellum spp., Phellodon spp., Sarcodon spp.). Trichaptum biforme, a polypore, has pores that split as they expand producing a tooth-like fertile surface. To view photos of toothed fungi and read descriptions of their characteristics, click on the names below.
Bristle-like spines or ‘teeth’ of Hydnellum scabrosus
CLIMACODON_____pulcherrimus,_____septentrionalis
HERICIUM____americanum,_____coralloides, _____erinaceus
HYDNELLUM _____aurantiacum,_____caeruleum,_____concrescens,_____cristatum,_____diabolus,
_____ferrugineum, _____peckii,_____scrobiculatum,_____spongiosipes,_____suaveolens
HYDNUM_____albidum, _____repandum ‘group’, _____rufescens,_____umbilicatum
PHELLODON_____alboniger,_____niger,_____violascens
RADULODON_____americanus
SARCODON_____atroviridis,_____cristatus, _____scabrosus,_____underwoodii