About Hydnum ambustum Cooke & Massee
Hydnum crocidens is a fungal species that belongs to the family Hydnaceae. It is native to Australia. Mordecai Cubitt Cooke formally described this species in 1890, using material that had been collected around Port Phillip Bay. Genetic analysis has revealed that H. crocidens is closely related to the evolutionary lineage that contains Hydnum rufescens and its close relatives.