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Wood Hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)  Australia,Geotagged,Hydnum repandum,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Wood Hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)

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  1. I think this one is probably Hydnum umbilicatum, which is smaller and more regularly shaped than H. repandum Posted 8 years ago

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''Hydnum repandum'', commonly known as the sweet tooth, wood hedgehog or hedgehog mushroom, is an edible mushroom with no poisonous lookalikes. A basidiomycete fungus of the family Hydnaceae, it is the type species of the genus ''Hydnum''. The fungus produces fruit bodies that are characterized by their spore-bearing structures—in the form of spines rather than gills—which hang down from the underside of the cap. The cap is dry, colored yellow to light orange to brown, and often develops an.. more

Similar species: Cantharellales
Species identified by Martin Lagerwey
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By Martin Lagerwey

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Uploaded May 31, 2016. Captured Sep 2, 2013 17:12 in 11 Edgerton Rd, Mitcham VIC 3132, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 450D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/83s
  • ISO400
  • 55mm