Dentinum repandum

Edible and Good

Dentinum repandum

(Hedgehog Mushroom)

Photograph by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St. Mary's College

I remember first finding this species on a wet fall day in the northern lower penninsula of Michigan with some mushroom-picking friends over thirty years ago. There was a vast collection of huge hedgehog mushrooms under a large beech tree, its leaves already golden-orange from earlier frosts. They were quite good then and are generally appreciated by mycophagists. I have not encountered this species in the southwest, though it is reported from here. I have found a less bulky and more brittle related species, Dentinum umbilicatum, under douglas fir on higher northward-facing slopes of mountains in the southwest.

Photograph by John C. Tacoma, copyright held by Indiana University

(see http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/mss019.html).

Contents of this Page

Common Names - Common names listed for many languages

Descriptions - Links to descriptions of this species in many languages

Photographs - Links to photographs of this species on the web

Drawings and Paintings - Links to illustrations of this species on the web

Postage Stamps - Links to postage stamps showing this species on the web

Recipes

Recipes on the Web - Links to recipes for this species on the web (in many languages)

My Own Recipes:

Photograph by Brother Alfred Brousseau, St. Mary's College

NOTE REGARDING INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE

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Photograph by John C. Tacoma, copyright held by Indiana University

(see http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/mss019.html).

Common names:

Basque: tripaki, negu susie

Catalan: llengua de bou, agarrons, agulletes

Czech: lišák zprohýbaný. lošák zprohýbaný

Danish: almindelig pigsvamp

Dutch: gele stekelzwam

English: hedgehog mushroom, urchin of the woods

Finnish:

French: pied de mouton

Galician: lingoa de vaca, lingoa de boi

German: semmel-stoppelpilz

Hungarian: gerebengomba

Italian:

Japanese: ahiro-kanosita, which means "white - deer's tongue".

Japanese local: nuno-biki, tuti-kanoko, kanuka, iga-take

Norwegian: blek piggsopp

Polish: kolczak oblaczasty

Yugoslavian (Serbian?):

Slovakian: jelenka poprehýbaná

Slovenian:

Spanish:

Castillian: gamuza, lengua de gato, lengua de vaca

Swedish:

Turkish: sydyr dili mantary

Photograph by John C. Tacoma, copyright held by Indiana University

(see http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/mss019.html).

Descriptions:

Links to descriptions of Dentinum repandum on the web in many languages.

Basque

Catalan

English

The Fungi of California

Finnish

French

German

Italian

Norwegian

Polish

Na Grzyby

Spanish

Associaciö Micológica Joaquim Codina

Swedish

Click for Full-Sized Photograph

Photograph by Angelos Papadimitriou from Mushrooms in Greece

Used by permission of Angelos Papadimitriou.

Index of Angelos Papadimitriou Mushroom Photographs on this site

Other Photographs of Dentinum repandum by Angelos Papadimitriou

Photographs:

Links to photographs of Dentinum repandum on the web.

Associaciö Micológica Joaquim Codina (text in Spanish)

Chilton, R.A. (text in English)

Claus' Own Page

Duffy, Tom

Galeria

John C. Tacoma Mushroom Slide Collection, 1968-1978 (text in English)

Lockwood, Taylor F.

Na Grzyby (text in Polish)

Pilzgalerie.de (text in German)

Pilze, Pilze, Pilze (text in German)

The Fungi of California (text in English)

Universitat de Lleida - Centro Tecnológic Forestal de Catalunya

Drawings and Paintings:

Links to illustrations of Dentinum repandum on the web.

Postage Stamps:

Links to postage stamps depicting Dentinum repandum on the web.

North Korea February 26, 1991

Recipes:

THE MANDATORY DISCLAIMER

On mycophagy:

There is a saying in German that translates roughly as "All mushrooms are edible, but some kinds only once." Put another way, there are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old bold mushroom hunters.

Don't overdo it. Most adverse reactions I have had to wild mushrooms have usually been tied to over-consumption. Most of all, if you aren't absolutely sure what it is, it is generally wiser not to eat it. When in doubt throw it out.

The Mycological Society of San Francisco has a very nice description of hedgehog mushrooms and how to prepare or preserve them.

On storing Dentinum repandum:

Hedgehog mushrooms can be pickled in vinegar or sauteed in butter and frozen. Drying of hedgehog mushrooms is not recommended because they lose their teeth, become fragile and grainy, lose flavor and can become tough.

On cooking Dentinum repandum:

B.W. Freyburger

Recipes on the Web:

Links to recipes using Dentinum repandum appearing on the web.

Czech

Dutch

Champignonkroketjes

English

Asparagus, Leek & Mushroom Salad

Breast of Veal with Hedgehog Mushrooms

Breast of Veal with Hedgehog Mushrooms (scroll down)

Faux Gumbo (scroll down)