– 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.
Hydnoid fungi
Orange Tooth
Hydnellum aurantiacum
NT
Near threatened
Inedible
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Characteristics
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.