''Hydnellum fennicum'' is a species of

tooth fungus The hydnoid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota with basidiocarps (fruit bodies) producing spores on pendant, tooth-like or spine-like projections. They are colloquially called tooth fungi. Originally such fungi were referred to the g ...

in the family

Bankeraceae The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According ...

. It was originally described by

Petter Karsten Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, s ...

in 1882 as a

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of ''

Sarcodon scabrosus ''Hydnellum scabrosum'', also called bitter tooth or bitter hedgehog, is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Taxonomy It was originally described by Swedish botanist Elias Fries as ''Hydnum scabrosum'' in 1836. Finnish mycolo ...

''. Karsten promoted it to a distinct species in 1887. It is considered critically endangered in Switzerland. It is inedible.

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* Fungi described in 1882 Fungi of Europe fennicum Inedible fungi Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten Fungus species {{Agaricomycetes-stub