Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

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

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.

[edit] External links

• Index Fungorum entry for Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

[edit] See also

• Hydnum repandum, the hedgehog mushroom
• Hericium erinaceus, another mushroom called "hedgehog mushroom"