Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

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Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Hymenomycotina
Class: Heterobasidiomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Pseudohydnum
Species: P. gelatinosum
Binomial name
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
(Scop. ex Fr.) P. Karst.
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
mycological characteristics:
 
teeth on hymenium
 

cap is depressed

 

hymenium is decurrent

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is white

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: edible

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (common names include toothed jelly fungus, false hedgehog mushroom and white jelly mushroom) is an edible mushroom, which is common from Alaska to northern California. Although bland, it can be candied or marinated.

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