| Name: | Hydnum repandum. Hedgehog. |
| Family: | Hydnaceae. |
| Spore Color: | White. |
| Size, Smell, Taste: | 4 to 12 cm across.
Odor, indistinct to fruity. Taste, mild to sweet at first, becoming
slightly acrid.
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| Niche (substrate): |
Solitary or scattered in troops, clumps, arcs, or lage fairy rings in
coniferous woodlands, occasionally with Tanoak. Most abundent under
coastal pines and in Sitka spruce on the Far North Coast. Fruiting
from early fall through winter or spring in wet years. Slow
growing; a single fruitbody can last for months, becoming larger
and more irregular as season goes on.
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| Edibility: |
Edible and good. Flavor similar to Chanterelles. Acrid taste goes away with
cooking.
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| Distinguishing features: |
Creamy cap, thick white ocher-staining flesh, fragile spines on underside
of cap.
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