Bleeding tooth fungus

Description:

Young, moist fruit bodies can "bleed" a bright red juice that contains a pigment known to have anticoagulant properties. The unusual appearance of the young fruit bodies has earned the species several descriptive common names, including strawberries and cream, the bleeding Hydnellum, the bleeding tooth fungus, the red-juice tooth, and the Devil's tooth.

Habitat:

Growing with the coniferous trees.

Notes:

Inedible.