Bitter Tooth Fungus

Sarcodon scabrosus

Sarcodon scabrosus is a toothed fungus in the family Bankeraceae.
Bitter Tooth Fungus - Sarcodon scabrosus These mushrooms were growing throughout a mixed forest. The caps were 5 - 10 cm wide with a central depression. They were dry with scales and were reddish brown to purplish brown in color. The spines were tan and decurrent. The stipe was brown with a greenish blue base. Habitat: Growing on the ground under an oak tree in a mixed, swampy forest. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65349/bitter_tooth_fungus_-_sarcodon_scabrosus.html Bitter Tooth Fungus,Geotagged,Sarcodon scabrosus,Summer,United States,fungus,mushroom,sarcodon

Appearance

Cap: 3-10 cm wide; convex to broadly convex with a central depression; dry; when young appressed-hairy to sub-scaly; with maturity developing well defined scales with darkened tips; reddish brown to purplish brown; the margin often inrolled.

Undersurface: Running down the stem; covered with crowded spines or "teeth" that are 2-8 mm long; pale brown with whitish tips at first, becoming darker brown overall with age.

Stem: 4-10 cm long; 1-2.5 cm thick; often tapered to the base, which frequently extends into the ground like a root; dry; fairly smooth, except where punctuated by aborted spines; pale or brownish; base with prominent white to pink mycelium over a greenish to bluish or black ground color.

Flesh: Whitish to pinkish; gray to black or greenish in stem base; soft.
Bitter Tooth Fungus - Sarcodon scabrosus The caps were 5 – 10 cm wide with a central depression. They were dry with scales and were reddish brown in color. The spines were tan and decurrent. The stipe was brown with a pale greenish blue base. Habitat: Growing on the ground under oak. Bitter Tooth Fungus,Geotagged,Sarcodon scabrosus,Summer,United States,fungus,mushroom

Distribution

Widely distributed in North America.
Bitter Tooth Fungus - Sarcodon scabrosus The cap was about 8 cm wide, had a slight central depression, appressed scales that were orange-brown, and a slightly inrolled margin. The undersurface was covered in spines. Growing out of rotting wood in a mixed forest. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/62416/bitter_tooth_fungus_-_sarcodon_scabrosus.html Bitter Tooth Fungus,Geotagged,Sarcodon scabrosus,Summer,United States,bitter tooth fungus,fungus,mushroom,sarcodon

Habitat

Mycorrhizal with conifers and hardwoods; growing alone or gregariously.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderThelephorales
FamilyBankeraceae
GenusSarcodon
SpeciesSarcodon scabrosus
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United States of America