Is that Grandma’s jello salad? Nope. Meet the bleeding tooth fungus. Oh, hello…and goodbye. Wait. Wait. Wait! Come back! It’s really a fungi. Despite looking like a woodland horror prop, the bleeding tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) is just a fungus doing fungus things. That doesn’t sound weird. It produces spores on tiny tooth-like structures underneath its fruiting body. Well, that got a bit weird. The creepy red liquid? It’s actually a sap-like substance produced through a process called guttation, which is a fancy scientific word for “the mushroom is sweating.” On Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park, this unsettling little forest resident can be spotted under conifers like it’s waiting for someone to discover its tiny mushroom crime scene. (CSI: Smurf Village has entered the chat.) Seeing one is rare, but if you do, take a closer look. Beneath the spooky exterior is a softer side. Its cap is surprisingly velvety. That’s right. The bleeding tooth fungus gives off “cursed wo...