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Terracotta hedgehog
Hydnum rufescens
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About
Hydnum rufescens, commonly known as the terracotta hedgehog, is an edible basidiomycete of the family Hydnaceae. It belongs to the small group of mushrooms often referred to as the tooth fungi, which produce fruit bodies whose cap undersurfaces are covered by hymenophores resembling spines or teeth, and not pores or gills.
- Family
- Hydnaceae
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- Name
- Hydnum rufescens
- Slug
- hydnum-rufescens
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Hydnaceae
- Genus
- Hydnum
- Species
- rufescens
- Wikidata QID
- Q2475470
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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