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Dark-purple Tooth

Sarcodon fuscoindicus

LOW RISK

Identification: Sarcodon fuscoindicus (Dark-purple Tooth)

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Wszystkie zdjęcia (4)

Kluczowe cechy

  • Cap dark indigo to purplish-black
  • moist and irregular
  • Hymenium composed of dense
  • whitish to brownish spines (teeth)
  • Context (flesh) distinctly zoned
  • showing dark purple/black near the surface and bright rusty orange below
  • Robust
  • fleshy structure
  • Mycorrhizal association
  • found on forest floor
Kolor:

Cap dark purple/indigo; Teeth whitish/brownish; Context bright orange and black-zoned

Zapach:

Unknown

Wzór wzrostu:

Single

Środowisko:

Soil/Leaf litter

Siedlisko i występowanie

Siedlisko:

Coniferous forest floor (likely Douglas-fir/Hemlock association)

Występowanie:

Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, California)

Sezonowość:

Autumn

Wartość ekonomiczna

Popyt rynkowy:

Low - Used primarily for natural dyeing

Zakres cenowy:

N/A

Użytek komercyjny:

Source of natural blue/green pigments (thecazarin derivatives)

Podobne gatunki

Blue Sarcodon

Sarcodon cyaneus

LOW_RISK - Inedible
Kluczowe różnice:
  • Context usually lacks the intense rusty orange zoning
  • Cap color often brighter blue, less dark purple/black

Blue Tooth

Hydnellum caeruleum

LOW_RISK - Inedible
Kluczowe różnice:
  • Context is typically zoned blue and brown, not bright orange and black
  • Often has a more irregular, fused growth habit

Zalecane działanie

Do not consume. Observe only. Handle with gloves if necessary.