Trypophobia warning! If clusters of holes make your skin crawl, the Bleeding Tooth Fungus might be your worst nightmare.

Hydnellum peckii, or bleeding tooth fungus, can be found in the forests of North America and Europe. By Laura Baisas. Published Oct 31, 2024 9:00 AM EDT.

From the mushroom that looks like a bleeding tooth to the species known as devil’s fingers that smells like rotten meat, these weird mushrooms are sure to amaze — and disgust. 1.

The 10 weirdest mushrooms in North America From Dog's Nose to Bleeding Tooth, a new guidebook illuminates the pure strangeness of the mushroom kingdom.

In the meantime, we’d just stick to non-bleeding, regular mushrooms – in fact, garlic miso-butter chestnut mushrooms on sourdough would go down a treat with those martinis.

Mature bleeding tooth mushrooms look very different from the younger stages, gradually losing the red drops. (Photo by Pam Bergeson) • A very long track in the sands captured my fancy.

Bleeding tooth fungus looks like a ghoulish forest crime scene. This type of mushroom called Hydnellum peckii also goes by “devil’s tooth fungus” or the much more pleasant sounding ...