Related: Is this the creepiest fungus in the forest? Yes, definitely.] Laura Baisas: Tell me a bit about Hydnellum peckii.

Laura Baisas: Tell me a bit about Hydnellum peckii. Matt Kasson: Hydnellum peckii is a prized mushroom species not for its edibility, but its strange tooth-like projections on the underside and ...

A peculiar species of fungus native to much of Canada, known by the scientific name of Hydnellum peckii, has many bizarre colloquial names like "the bleeding tooth fungus" and "the Devil's tooth ...