Hydnellum Peckii (Hydnellum peckii)
- Pipin: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Ìpín: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kilasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Ipele Subclass: Incertae sedis (ti ipo ti ko daju)
- Bere fun: Thelephorales (Telephoric)
- Idile: Bankeraceae
- Ipilẹṣẹ: Hydnellum (Gidnellum)
- iru: Hydnellum peckii (Hydnellum Pekka)
The name of this fungus can be translated as “bleeding tooth”. This is a fairly common inedible mushroom that grows in the coniferous forests of Europe and North America. It, like champignons, belongs to agaric mushrooms, but, unlike them, is inedible. There are developments that are aimed at obtaining serum based on poison from this fungus.
Ni irisi hydnellum bakes reminiscent of used chewing gum, bleeding, but with the smell of strawberries. When looking at this mushroom, an association arises that it is spattered with the blood of a wounded animal. However, in fact, upon closer inspection, it is noticeable that this liquid is formed inside the fungus itself and flows out through the pores.
It was opened in 1812. Outwardly, it looks very attractive and appetizing, and is somewhat similar to a raincoat that was poured with currant juice or maple syrup.
The fruit bodies have a white, velvety surface that can become beige or brown over time. It has small depressions, and young specimens exude blood-red droplets of liquid from the surface. The mushroom has an unpleasant taste of cork pulp. Spore-bearing brown powder.
Hydnellum bakes It has good antibacterial qualities and contains chemical compounds that can thin the blood. Perhaps in the near future this mushroom will become a substitute for penicillin, which was also obtained from Penicillium notatum fungi.
This mushroom has a unique feature, which is that it can use soil juices and insects that fall on it by negligence for nutrition. The bait for them is just the crimson-red nectar that stands out on the top of the young mushrooms.
Sharp formations appear along the edges of the cap with age, thanks to which the word “tooth” appeared in the name of the fungus. The cap of the “bloody tooth” is 5-10 cm in diameter, the stem is about 3 cm long. Due to its blood streaks, the fungus is quite noticeable among other plants in the forest. It grows in North America, Australia and Europe.