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Hydnellum "peckii"

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Hydnellum, maybe H. peckii, known commonly as Bleeding tooth fungus and in North America as "strawberries and cream". The orange to red drops are guttation, a liquid oozed out by some fungi, probably for defense, think chemical warfare and also to catch the eye of photographers!