English

Noun

jelly tooth ‎(plural jelly teeth)

1. (mycology) Alternative name of toothed jelly fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)
   • 2015, Cliff Seruntine, The Wildwood Way: Spiritual Growth in the Heart of Nature, Llewellyn Worldwide, ISBN 9780738746333, page 146:

     Genus Pseudohydnum The fruiting bodies of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (jelly tooth) are unusual in that they appear to have features of two very different groups of fungi. The fruiting body itself is jellylike, but its lower surface is covered with short, toothlike white spines on which the hymenium is located.

Synonyms

• toothed jelly fungus
• toothed jelly mushroom
• false hedgehog mushroom

Hypernyms

• Pseudohydnum

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