John Levine's Flashcards for Teresa Sholars Mushroom Identification Class. February, 2019

PREVIOUS NEXT

Name: Hydnum umbilicatum. Bellybutton Hedgehog.

Family: Hydnaceae.

Spore Color: White.

Size, Smell, Taste: 2 to 5 cm across. Odor, indistinct to fruity. Taste, mild to sweet.
Niche (substrate): Solitary or more often scattered in large troops on ground in duff, or on or near well-decayed logs and stumps in mixed woodlands. Generally in pine or Tanoak woods with a Huckleberry understory. Fruiting in winter or early spring.
Edibility: Edible and good.

Distinguishing features: A staple winter edible of the North Coast. Often fruits alongside Craterellus tubaeformis. Hydnum repandum lacks the bellybutton, otherwise similar to the Hedgehog but smaller.

Name:	Hydnum umbilicatum. Bellybutton Hedgehog.
Family:	Hydnaceae.
Spore Color:	White.
Size, Smell, Taste:	2 to 5 cm across. Odor, indistinct to fruity. Taste, mild to sweet.
Niche (substrate):	Solitary or more often scattered in large troops on ground in duff, or on or near well-decayed logs and stumps in mixed woodlands. Generally in pine or Tanoak woods with a Huckleberry understory. Fruiting in winter or early spring.
Edibility:	Edible and good.
Distinguishing features:	A staple winter edible of the North Coast. Often fruits alongside Craterellus tubaeformis. Hydnum repandum lacks the bellybutton, otherwise similar to the Hedgehog but smaller.