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Hydnum repandum - "hedgehog mushroom," - јежевица,ЈЕСТИВА

Description:

 

Ecology: Mycorrhizal with hardwoods or conifers; growing alone gregariously; summer and fall; widely distributed in Europa and North America

 

Cap: 2-17 cm wide; broadly convex, becoming flat with a central depression; the margin inrolled at first, eventually wavy and reminiscent of Cantharellus cibarius; dry; fairly smooth; dull orange-tan or paler.

 

Undersurface: Running down the stem; covered with spines or "teeth" that are 2-7 mm long; pale or dull orange; bruising dark orange or yellowish brown.

 

Stem: 3-10 cm long; 1-3 cm thick; sometimes somewhat off-center; dry; smooth; whitish or colored like the cap; bruising brownish.

 

Flesh: Whitish; often discoloring yellowish when exposed or bruised; sometimes with zones of color; brittle.

 

Taste: Mild or peppery; odor mild.

 

Spore Print: White.

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Uploaded on August 11, 2014
Taken on August 9, 2014