The Grey Tooth

Once again I am hoping my ID is correct. Thought at first it could be P. atratus but the colour of the teeth are wrong to be that species. Found on a mostly coniferous forest floor.

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Awesome! I'm not entirely sure either, but you are definitely in the right ballpark! Thank you so much for sharing this beauty!

Also, have you joined the FunDiS project on iNaturalist? They might be able to help confirm some of these tricky ones too!
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fundis-fungal-diversity-survey Posted 4 years ago
1. gary fast
  
  Lion
  
  Hi, I have posted this photo and two others on iNaturalist and am waiting. These don’t have as thin a cap as most descriptions but I am attributing their thickness to being”young” and the recent heavy rains. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Have you considered Hydnellum caeruleum? Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. gary fast
      
      Lion
      
      Hey, didn’t till you mentioned it. I am still a little concerned about the tooth colour and when I come to think of it the cap coloration as well. H. caeruleum seems to be in my area.
      http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Hydnellum%20caeruleum
      Although to me it still more closely resembles (and that’s all I’ve got to go on!) this,
      http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Phellodon%20melaleucus Posted 4 years ago
    2. gary fast
      
      Lion
      
      Hey, didn’t till you mentioned it. I am still a little concerned about the tooth colour and when I come to think of it the cap coloration as well. H. caeruleum seems to be in my area.
      http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Hydnellum%20caeruleum
      Although to me it still more closely resembles (and that’s all I’ve got to go on!) this,
      http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Phellodon%20melaleucus Posted 4 years ago
    3. 1. gary fast
        
        Lion
        
        Sorry, didn’t mean to do that twice. So, there are in common names, black tooth, blue tooth and grey tooth. Really not too much for me to go on. I am at a loss. Posted 4 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

This is fantastic! Really beautiful mushroom! Posted 4 years ago
1. gary fast
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, quite amazing. Posted 4 years ago

Paul Dirksen

Lion

Great find, love the specimen. Posted 4 years ago
1. gary fast
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Paul! Posted 4 years ago

The Grey tooth

The grey tooth fungus belongs to a group known as the stipitate hydnoid fungi. These fungi share some morphological characters, but are not naturally related. They are 'tooth fungi', fungi that release their spores from tooth-like structures.

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Similar species: Thelephorales

Species identified by gary fast