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Hydnellum "peckii"

Hydnellum peckii 8867-85 Hyb DW Ms.jpg Podostroma solmsii? parasitizing a Phallus impudicus egg near Jakar, Bumthang in 2700m / 8800 ft in pine forest.ThumbnailsBoletus reticuloceps, a choice edible porcini growing with spruce in Ura, Bumthang, BhutanPodostroma solmsii? parasitizing a Phallus impudicus egg near Jakar, Bumthang in 2700m / 8800 ft in pine forest.ThumbnailsBoletus reticuloceps, a choice edible porcini growing with spruce in Ura, Bumthang, BhutanPodostroma solmsii? parasitizing a Phallus impudicus egg near Jakar, Bumthang in 2700m / 8800 ft in pine forest.ThumbnailsBoletus reticuloceps, a choice edible porcini growing with spruce in Ura, Bumthang, BhutanPodostroma solmsii? parasitizing a Phallus impudicus egg near Jakar, Bumthang in 2700m / 8800 ft in pine forest.ThumbnailsBoletus reticuloceps, a choice edible porcini growing with spruce in Ura, Bumthang, BhutanPodostroma solmsii? parasitizing a Phallus impudicus egg near Jakar, Bumthang in 2700m / 8800 ft in pine forest.ThumbnailsBoletus reticuloceps, a choice edible porcini growing with spruce in Ura, Bumthang, Bhutan

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!