Claim: The Auriscalpium Vulgare, which is a hydnoid fungi which are colloquially referred to as tooth fungi, remains ashy gray throughout its growth period and occasionally the fruit body will lack a cap entirely.
Evidence: Auriscalpium vulgare, commonly known as the pinecone mushroom, the cone tooth, or the ear-pick fungus, is a species of fungus in the family Auriscalpiaceae of the order Russulales. 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. Basidiomycota (/bəˌsɪdioʊmaɪˈkoʊtə/) is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the "higher fungi") within the kingdom Fungi.