Today I was fortunate to find several Hydnum umbilicatum and Hydnum repandum- the hedgehog mushrooms, sometimes also known as the sweet tooth. In our area, the Hydnum repandum tend to be larger. They have a rounder cap and they tend to be more pale in… Read More
I decided to take a quick look this morning at the Enchanted Mushroom Forest to see if anything had started happening after the rain. The short answer is that there were a few tasty edibles around and the forest was good and wet. I found… Read More
Check out this article in the Globe and Mail about a group of mushroom pickers in Oregon who got lost for six days in the woods. They were seeking hedgehog mushrooms. Thanks Spicecat for sending this over.
I stopped briefly at a forest this afternoon which I know to be a good producer of Hydnum umbilicatum, and this forest didn’t disappoint me. I only spent about 20 minutes there and came out with around 30 of these choice edibles. I’ve come to… Read More
what do hydnum umbilicatum eat Well geez, they’re mushrooms. Fungi often exist in relationships with plants or other fungi in order to get their nutrients, but I don’t think of them as eating exactly. This particular mushroom does have teeth though…but it doesn’t chew. The… Read More
Somebody landed on my blog after searching “How do I cook Hydnum repandum wild mushrooms?” Hydnum repandum is one of the two mushroom species we commonly call the Hedgehog mushroom. It has teeth rather than gills or pores. First let me say, never eat any… Read More
Somebody landed on this blog after having searched, “can hedgehog mushrooms cause upset stomach.” Some people are sensitive or have allergies to all sorts of wild mushrooms. The rule is when you try a new mushroom, you should try eating a small amount, even though… Read More
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