Species
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Toothed jelly fungus)
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (common names include toothed jelly fungus, false hedgehog mushroom, cat’s tongue, and white jelly mushroom) is an edible mushroom. Although bland, it can be candied or marinated. A widely distributed species, it is found in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, Central America, and South America. The fungus grows in woodlands on dead trunks, logs, and stumps.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Auriculariales
- Genus: Pseudohydnum
- Species: Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Toothed jelly fungus)
- Genus: Pseudohydnum
- Order: Auriculariales
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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