Orange Spine mushroom (Hydnellum aurantiacum)

This large fun-looking mushroom is Orange Spine (Hydnellum aurantiacum).

Identification is helped by looking at the underside, which has tooths (rather than gills) descending a funnel-shaped stalk.

This mushroom is also called Orange Rough-cap Tooth.


 
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