Wood hedgehog

Hydnum repandum

Русское название: Ежовик жёлтый

A woodland fungus with small tooth-like structures beneath the cap rather than gills or pores. Several related taxa exist and regional differences occur; shape alone is not an edibility test.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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Safety information

Never decide to eat a wild mushroom from a photograph or online description. A mistake can be fatal. For mushroom ingestion or suspected poisoning, contact emergency medical services or a poison centre immediately, even if symptoms have not appeared.

Irish Poisons Centre mushroom safety ↗

◎Distribution

Europe and northern temperate forests

♧Habitat

Mixed woodland, in partnership with tree roots

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsHydnum repandum — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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