The National Park Service has a new take on an unusual woodland discovery: the bleeding tooth fungus. Known for its striking appearance, the bleeding tooth fungus—also called Devil’s tooth fungus or ...

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Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Matt Kasson: Hydnellum peckii is a prized mushroom species not for its edibility, but its strange tooth-like projections on the underside and red blood-like droplets that form atop a flattened ...

Few organisms capture the imagination like the bleeding tooth fungus. Its oozing crimson droplets and ghostly white cap make it a natural spectacle. Discover how this strange fungus survives, spreads, ...

This week’s theme of odd mushrooms was inspired by Eric Wright of Key West, Florida, who sent us a picture of an odd fungus growing in his yard that resembles a colorful Wiffle ball. (Yes, we know ...

Be warned, though: It is NOT a strawberry yogurt that somebody bled on, so as delicious as that sounds, please don’t eat it. The fungus, Hydnellum peckii, won’t poison you, but it tastes so bitter ...

This essay is about an eclectic assortment of fungi, my choices being based entirely on happenstance and whim. One September day on the Outer Point Trail, we spotted a very large, yellowish patch on a ...

On a dark and dismal day in late September, I cheered myself up by remembering some pleasing observations in recent weeks: • On the dike trail, a harrier in brown plumage (female or juvenile) coursed ...

Hydnelllum peckii, also known as bleeding tooth fungus, can be found with crimson-colored droplets on a white or pink body. (Courtesy Central Oregon Mushroom Club) Mushrooms aren’t just for eating. In ...

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