Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Auriculariales |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Pseudohydnum |
Species: | P. gelatinosum |
Binomial name | |
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Scop.) P.Karst. (1868) | |
Synonyms | |
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Pseudohydnum gelatinosum | |
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teeth on hymenium | |
cap is depressed | |
hymenium is decurrent | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is white | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: edible |
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (common names include toothed jelly fungus, false hedgehog mushroom, cat's tongue, and white jelly mushroom) is an edible mushroom. Although bland, it can be candied or marinated. A widely distributed species, it is found in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, Central America, and South America. The fungus grows in woodlands on dead trunks, logs, and stumps.[1]
See also
- Hydnum repandum, the hedgehog mushroom
- Hericium erinaceus, another mushroom called "hedgehog mushroom"
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