EDIBLE ILNGI. 



Hydnum repandum (Hedgehog, or Spine-bearing 

 Mushroom). 



Pileits smooth, irregular in shape, depressed in the 

 centre, more or less lobed, and generally placed irregularly 

 on the stem (eccentric) ; of a pale buff or cinnamon 



Fig. 40. Hydnum repandum (Spine-bearing Mushroom). Woods, 

 autumn; colour, pale buff; diameter, 2 to 5 inches. 



colour; from two to five inches in diameter. Flesh 

 firm and white ; when bruised it turns slightly brown. 

 Spines crowded, awl-shaped, slanting, soft and brittle, 



