Hello all, I found this mushroom while on field work in the Queen Charlottes a couple years ago. It was early August, and if I remember correctly it was just poking its head out of the moss on the forest floor. I didn't have any luck finding anything similar in my Nat'l Audubon Field Guide. Any ideas? (Just for clarification I am referring to the purple toothy fungus, not the bolete that snuck into the background)
Beautiful! It's a Hydnellum, and I think one that we've found most years in the coastal ainshadow. I don't recall the species name, but it has a lovely licorice smell. -frog
H. suaveolens? Looking in North American Mushrooms (Miller & Miller) ... Does it have a medicinal smell? What were the species of trees around it?
Great! I googled some images, and that is definitely the genus, and quite possibly the species as well. Unfortunately it was a long time ago that I took those pictures, and I don't remember if the mushroom had any particular smell. I also don't remember the specific trees it was nearby. The area was an old logging road that was growing over from disuse. It is hard to say, but I would estimate the trees were generally about 10-20 years old at the most, so some sort of secondary succession - cedar, pine and hemlock I assume. Thanks for the identification!
