Jelly Tooth

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

Rotten stumps, windfalls, mostly of coniferous trees. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap semicircular, fan-, shell- or tongue-shaped, up to 7 cm across, of jelly-like consistency, elastic, hard when dried, white, grey, violet-brown, sometimes dark brown; the upper side granular-warty, fibrous, velvety, the underside spiny (spines up to 3 mm long), whitish, bluish, most often greyish-bluish. Flesh thick, gelatinous, hard when dried. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together. Edible, used in salads, of low value, very watery.