13 Bizarre and Beautiful Mushrooms

What Is Tooth Fungus?

Scientifically referred to as hydnoid fungus, tooth fungus are a kind of fungus whose fruit body generates spinelike, downward-hanging projections with spores. Tooth fungus fall into the genus Hydnum.

Puffball (Basidiomycota)

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Fascinating members of the **Basidomycota** category, puffballs are mushrooms. Although there are many different kinds in this category, each with special qualities, they all have one oddity: puffballs generate spores within, unlike conventional mushrooms with open caps and spore-bearing gills. Mature these mushrooms create an aperture or split open that lets the spores fly free. Usually looking like a big, simple white button mushroom, puffballs vary greatly in size and appearance. Their unique appearance is enhanced, nevertheless, by their possibly much bigger scale and hairlike spines. The spectacular manner these mushrooms spew their spores lends the name " puffball". Often brought on by environmental elements like falling rainfall, burst open clouds of spores create a puffing effect that can be really remarkable. This process not only helps puffballs distribute their spores over a large region, therefore raising their chances of germination, but also helps reproduction. Among the several environments where puffballs can be found are grasslands, woodlands, and even disturbed places. They flourish in temperate and tropical climates all around. While certain species may be inedible or even poisonous, others are edible when young and fragile; so, appropriate identification is quite important for foragers. Both mycologists and mushroom aficionados find puffballs interesting because of their unusual reproductive approach and striking look.