Hydnoid fungi

Orange Tooth

Hydnellum aurantiacum

NT Near threatened Inedible 7 images

Characteristics

– Cap initially whitish, later orange from the center.
– Spines initially white, later becoming more brownish from the spores.
– Stem beautifully orange, velvety.
– Flesh faintly zoned, orange in the stem and white to yellowish in the cap.

Ecology

Grows with spruce and pine in mossy spruce forests and on pine heaths.

Notes

A good indicator species for old-growth coniferous forests with high conservation values.

Similar species

Hydnellum auratile is similar but has orange flesh throughout the fruitbody and orange spines.