August to October, indicative period.
Scaly hedgehog
Sarcodon imbricatus
Review by an experienced specialist required before any consumption
Quality · Limited
- Raw
- Do not eat raw
- Cooking
- Cooking recommended, minimum time not established
- Review
- Review by an experienced specialist required before any consumption
- Instruction
- The Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office advises against eating wild mushrooms raw. Have this harvest checked by an expert and cook it thoroughly; no species-specific cooking requirement is established here.
Large brown tooth fungus with coarse cap scales and an early central depression.
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Guide contents
Guide contents
Season
August to October, indicative period.
Habitat
On soil beneath spruce.
Method
Check several visible features before retaining a species name.
Three features to check on the specimen.
Coarse dark cap scales and an early central depression.
Coarse dark cap scales and an early central depression.
Pale teeth below the cap, later brown; no gills or pores.
Pale teeth below the cap, later brown; no gills or pores.
Solid pale to brown stem without a green-blue base.
Solid pale to brown stem without a green-blue base.
Examine the specimen in this order.
- Coarse dark cap scales and an early central depression.
- Pale teeth below the cap, later brown; no gills or pores.
- Check the associated spruce; pine points toward Sarcodon squamosus.
Features incompatible with this species.
- Sarcodon squamosus is associated with pine and keeps a raised cap centre longer.
- Hydnellum scabrosum has an olive to green-blue stem base.
- Hydnellum fennicum may smell of bitter almond or marzipan; odour alone is insufficient.
- Hydnum repandum has a pale, almost smooth cap and a white spore print.
