Wood Hedgehog

Edibility

Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Hydnum repandum

Classification from Wikipedia: Hydnum repandum. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

• North Carolina 91 records · Foraging rules
• New York 81 records · Foraging rules
• Ontario 75 records · Foraging rules
• British Columbia 71 records · Foraging rules
• California 69 records · Foraging rules
• Quebec 62 records · Foraging rules
• Washington 61 records · Foraging rules
• Nova Scotia 57 records · Foraging rules
• Colorado 48 records · Foraging rules
• Alaska 43 records · Foraging rules
• Wisconsin 40 records · Foraging rules
• Pennsylvania 39 records · Foraging rules
• Michigan 36 records · Foraging rules
• Idaho 36 records · Foraging rules
• West Virginia 35 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Hydnum repandum, commonly known as the sweet tooth, pig's trotter, wood hedgehog or hedgehog mushroom, is a basidiomycete fungus of the family Hydnaceae. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, it is the type species of the genus Hydnum. The fungus produces fruit bodies (mushrooms) that are characterized by their spore-bearing structures—in the form of spines rather than gills—which hang down from the underside of the cap. The cap is dry, colored yellow to light orange to brown, and often develops an irregular shape, especially when it has grown closely crowded with adjacent fruit bodies. The mushroom tissue is white with a pleasant odor and a spicy or bitter taste. All parts of the mushroom stain orange with age or when bruised. A mycorrhizal fungus, H. repandum is broadly distributed in Europe, where it fruits singly or in close groups in coniferous or deciduous woodland. This is a choice edible species, although mature specimens can develop a bitter taste. It has no poisonous lookalikes.

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