Hydnum repandum

For the other species named Hedgehog mushroom, see Hericium erinaceus.

Hydnum repandum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Hydnaceae
Genus: Hydnum
Species:
H. repandum
Binomial name
Hydnum repandum
L. (1753)[1]
Synonyms[6]
Hydnum repandum
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Teeth on hymenium
Cap is depressed
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white to cream
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is choice

Hydnum repandum, commonly known as the sweet tooth, pig's trotter,[7] 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, Hydnum repandum is broadly distributed in Europe[8] where it fruits singly or in close groups in coniferous or deciduous woodland.[9][10] This is a choice edible species, although mature specimens can develop a bitter taste. It has no poisonous lookalikes.

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