Hedgehog reddish-yellow (Hydnus blushing)
- Chikamu: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kupatsanura: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kirasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (yenzvimbo isina chokwadi)
- Order: Cantharellales (Chanterella (Cantarella))
- Mhuri: Hydnaceae (Blackberries)
- Genus: Hydnum (Gidnum)
- Type: Hydnum rufescens (reddish yellow urchin)
howa hedgehog reddish yellow is a wild mushroom species. In appearance, it is an unusually spreading mushroom, quite rare in forests.
Its surface at first glance resembles an imprint from the footprint of a large wild beast. It grows mainly in small groups in mixed forests. Sometimes found in moss or short grass.
The mushroom is decorated with a hat, the diameter of which reaches five centimeters. The cap of the mushroom, painted in a reddish-red color, is wavy, with rather thin brittle edges. In dry weather, the hat will fade.
The cylindrical leg of a reddish color reaches four centimeters. It has a felt down on its surface and is weakly attached to the ground. This allows you to easily pick up the mushroom and put it in a basket. The light, fragile flesh, which does not have a pronounced taste, hardens with the age of the fungus, which is especially true for the mushroom leg. Hedgehog is reddish-yellow when ripe, it releases a white or cream-colored spore powder. The down of the fungus consists of thin, easily breaking off small needles of a reddish-yellow color.
The mushroom is edible and is used mainly at a young age. Mature mushrooms are very bitter, resembling a rubber cork to taste. Young blackberry is used to prepare a variety of dishes after preliminary heat treatment and boiling. The broth obtained in the process of boiling is poured out. The mushroom can be salted for long-term further preservation.
Hedgehog reddish-yellow is well known to professional mushroom pickers who are well versed in all types of mushrooms currently growing.