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Hydnum is a genus of fungi in the Hydnaceae family. They are notable for their unusual spore -bearing structures of teeth rather than gills . The best known are the edible species Hydnum repandum and H. rufescens . The word is derived from (h)udnon /ύδνον, ...

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During the Tertiary period members of the genera now known under the names of Lenzites, Polyporus, and Hydnum were all in existence.

This order contains many genera, two of which we will mention, Hydnum and Tremellodon.

In the spreading Hydnum the margin of the cap is arched and irregular.