Extract from Wikipedia article: Steccherinum ochraceum, known as ochre spreading tooth, is a hydnoid fungus of the family Steccherinaceae. It is a plant pathogen infecting sweetgum trees. It was originally described as Hydnum ochraceum by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1792, and later transferred to the genus Steccherinum in 1821 by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.
Emerging Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen oak branch in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen tree branch in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Close up of Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Crust of Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen oak branch in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Close-up of ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Texture of ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Pattern of ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Ochre spreading tooth fungus (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Ochre spreading tooth mushrooms (Steccherinum ochraceum) on thin still living oaks near the base damaged by fire after a spring burn in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, December 5, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Underside of ochre spreading tooth mushrooms (Steccherinum ochraceum) on thin still living oaks damaged by fire in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, December 5, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Caps of ochre spreading tooth mushrooms (Steccherinum ochraceum) on thin still living oaks damaged by fire in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, December 5, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA