TOOTH FUNGI 



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pointed at one end, clear or yellowish, 5-8|U. The name refers to the depressed cap. 

 Common on the ground in woods, usually in troops, summer and autumn ; ex- 

 cellent, but requires to be cooked slowly for about an hour. 



Hydnum zonatum Zoned Hydnum 



C a J) 2-5 cm. wide, rust-colored to rust-brown, smooth, distinctly zoned, thin, 

 fleshy-leathery, more or less wrinkled radiatelv, plane, then more or less depressed ; 

 stem 1-3 cm. by 4-6 mm., hairy or tufted, somewhat paler than the cap, swollen 

 at base : teeth 2-3 mm. long, rust-colored ; spores globoid, rough, pale rust- 

 brown. 3-4/x. The name refers to the zoned cap. 



( )n the ground in woods ; used for fla^'oring. but too tdugh for food. 



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Hydnum auriscalpium Black Hydnum 



Cap 5-25 mm. wide, black-brown to black, coarse-hairy, leathery, kidnev-shaped 

 jmewhat shelf-like ; stem tall, slender, excentric or lateral, 5-8 cm. by 2 mm., 

 k, hairy, rooting ; teeth dark or blackish brown, tough ; s \> ores globoid, 

 ■, 4-5 X 4/x. The name refers to the form. 



On cones or fragments of wood in the ground ; too tough to be edible. 



