Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Auriculariomycetidae
- Order: Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
- Family: Exidiaceae (Exidiaceae)
- Genus: Pseudohydnum (Pseudohydnum)
- Type: Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)
- Pseudo-Ezhovik
fruiting body: the body of the fungus has a leaf-shaped or tongue-shaped shape. The stem, which is usually eccentric, smoothly passes into a cap with a width of two to five cm. The surface is whitish-gray or brown in color, can vary significantly depending on the degree of saturation with water.
Pulp: jelly-like, gelatinous, soft, but at the same time retains its shape. Translucent, in grayish-brown tones.
Smell and taste: Does not have a particularly pronounced taste and smell.
Hymenophore: descending along the stem, spiny, light gray or white.
Spore Powder: white color.
Spread: Pseudohydnum gelatinosum is not common. It bears fruit from the end of summer until the first cold weather. It grows in forests of various types, prefers the remains of deciduous, but more often coniferous trees.
Similarity: The gelatinous pseudo-hedgehog is the only mushroom that has both a gelatinous pulp and a spiny hymenophore. It can only be mistaken for some other form of hedgehogs.
Edibility: All available sources describe Pseudo-Hedgehog gelatinous as a fungus suitable for consumption, however, while it is called completely useless from a culinary point of view. In any case, it is quite rare and its gastronomic prospects are not particularly great.
Photos used in the article: Oksana, Maria.