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Bear Biologist Extracts Bear Tooth

MDC biologist extracts a tooth from a tranquilized black bear for study

MDC bear biologist, Jeff Beringer, extracts a tooth from a tranquilized black bear for study.

Bearded Tooth (Lion’s Mane; Hedgehog Mushroom)

Photo of bearded tooth, a white beardlike mushroom, growing on a rotting log

The bearded tooth is a beardlike, whitish mass that grows on trunks of living deciduous trees and on fallen trees and logs.

Bearded Tooth (Lion’s Mane; Hedgehog Mushroom)

Photo of bearded tooth, white round beardlike mushroom growing from tree trunk

Bearded tooth grows singly, on the trunks of living deciduous trees and on fallen trees and logs. It feeds off of dead or dying trees, decomposing them in the process.

Beefsteak Polypore

The beefsteak polypore is a thick, semicircular, reddish or rusty, gelatinous bracket with a pinkish yellow underside. It grows at the base of living oaks and on stumps.

Beefsteak Polypore (Underside)

Photo of beefsteak polypore, pored bracket fungus, shown upside-down

The cap is semicircular or spoon-shaped. The pores are circular; whitish, becoming reddish brown. The spore-producing tubes are very small and closely packed but do not touch each other. The stalk (if present) is very short and thick, broad, then tapered.