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Found a patch of Hydnellum peckii, also known as the Bleeding Tooth Fungus. This bizarre mushroom gets its name from the red exudate it produces, resembling blood. Hydnellum peckii are not known to be poisonous but are considered inedible! Photos and filming by Pamela Kryskow | Paul Stamets

This #FungiFriday I present my absolute favorite mushroom to photograph, the #BleedingToothFungus or #Hydnellumpeckii. I found these amazing bloody stumps bursting forth from the ground In Pygmy Forest habitat under pine on the Mendocino coast. . This is a mycorrhizal mushroom that grows in association conifers, especially mature pine forests. Like other Hydnellum species, mushroom itself is a arises from the ground as a little nub, becoming club shaped, then fanning out on top, radiating outwar

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