Section
Magnorufescentia (Hydnum sect. magnorufescentia)
Hydnum melleopallidum. Photo: (c) Alan Rockefeller, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Hydnum is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnaceae. They are notable for their unusual spore-bearing structures of teeth rather than gills. The best known are the edible species Hydnum repandum and H. rufescens. The word is derived from (h)udnon/ύδνον, an Ancient Greek word for truffle. The white or buff Hydnum repandum has a spore scatterer of still another shape. The smooth cap grows as wide as 8 inches across. The stem is off-center and is
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Cantharellales
- Family: Hydnaceae
- Genus: Hydnum (Hedgehog mushrooms)
- Subgenus: Rufescentia (Hydnum subg. rufescentia)
- Section: Magnorufescentia (Hydnum sect. magnorufescentia)
- Subgenus: Rufescentia (Hydnum subg. rufescentia)
- Genus: Hydnum (Hedgehog mushrooms)
- Family: Hydnaceae
- Order: Cantharellales
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
