Orchard Tooth Sarcodontia crocea

The Orchard Tooth (Sarcodontia crocea) is a rare and distinctive bracket fungus, its pale, spiny surface and vivid orange-yellow colouration making it unlike most other British species. It is closely associated with old and veteran apple trees, growing on living or recently dead wood and producing a striking bracket from late summer into autumn. In Britain it is almost entirely confined to ancient orchards and old fruit trees in traditional orchard landscapes. Suffolk retains areas of old orchard habitat, and any records of this nationally scarce species in the county are of significant conservation interest. Protecting veteran fruit trees is central to its survival. Image: © svenpruul, iNaturalist.

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