''Sarcodon calvatus'', commonly known as the robust hedgehog, 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 ge ...

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 t ...

. It was described as new to science in 1964 by mycologist Kenneth A. Harrison, who initially called it ''Hydnum calvatum''. He transferred it to the genus ''

Sarcodon ''Sarcodon'' is a genus of fungi in the family Bankeraceae, which is part of the order Thelephorales, known for its almost universal ectomycorrhizal ecology. The genus owes its name to the presence of teeth-like spines on the hymenophore, from a ...

'' in 1984. The pale to pinkish or tannish cap can grow up to an extreme of across. The surface stains blue-green to black in KOH. It is found in North America.

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* Fungi described in 1964 Fungi of North America calvatus Fungus species {{Agaricomycetes-stub