Hydnum sp - Hedgehog Mushroom
Hydnum species can be mycorhizzal with either hardwoods or conifers and are considered choice edibles. While there are only a handful of named Hydum species in North America, recent evidence points to the existence of hundreds of cryptic species. For this reason, I left the ID at the genus level.
Pileus is smooth and pale orange to cream in color. It is also somewhat centrally depressed. Fertile surface consists of long, cream to pale orange teeth. Stipe is cream to pale orange, slightly stout (bulbous on the larger specimen). Spore print is white.
Habitat:
Growing in moss and leaf litter on the side of a ridge (under oaks) in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in Northwest Georgia (Gordon County), US.
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