Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
| Pseudohydnum gelatinosum | |
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| Pseudohydnum gelatinosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Subdivision: | Agaricomycotina |
| Class: | Heterobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Auriculariales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Pseudohydnum |
| Species: | P. gelatinosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Scop. ex Fr.) P. Karst. | |
| 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, which is common from Alaska to northern California. Although bland, it can be candied or marinated.
External links
- Index Fungorum entry for Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
- “Pseudohydnum gelatinosum” by Robert Sasata, Healing-Mushrooms.net, July, 2008.
See also
- Hydnum repandum, the hedgehog mushroom
- Hericium erinaceus, another mushroom called "hedgehog mushroom"