Bitter Tooth

Hydnellum scabrosum

Also known as Bitter Hedgehog.

Attribution pending

About this fungus

Bitter Tooth is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a teeth fungus in the Bankeraceae family. On woodland soil in Europe with broadleaf trees or pine; strict host limits remain uncertain and North American records require separate checking.

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

What the records suggest about Bitter Tooth

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events from Europe and North America alongside weather and habitat data. The patterns may be useful wherever the same fungus occurs, but local climate, trees and soils can change the response.

Tree associations

Of the tree types tested, Bitter Tooth was most often recorded where larch was present.

Elevation

Records tended to come from lower ground, about 92 metres below the average elevation of fungal records in the study.

Weather or season?

The normal seasonal pattern is the more useful guide here. No short-term weather effect passed the project’s checks for a clear, repeatable link.