Pseudohydnum gelatinosum    (Scop.:Fr.) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Jelly Tooth, Jelly Tongue1 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Auriculariales/Incertae sedis  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Phragmobasidiomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae  

synonyms: Tremellodon gelatinosum, Hydnum gelatinosum, Tremellodon crystallinum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Tremellodon gelatinosus)  

edibility : edible

photo gallery of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
photo gallery of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum potential confusions with Pseudohydnum gelatinosum toxicity of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum genus Pseudohydnum  

The fruiting body is spatula-shaped or fan-shaped, entirely gelatinous, white to grey then brownish, with a short or absent stem.

The flesh is translucent or white, then brownish; its taste is mild, resinous, sweet; the odour is faint.

The fertile surface is made of blue-white spines. The spore print is white.

It grows on wood, in coniferous woods, on stumps or dead wood of spruce, fir, pine.

The fruiting period takes place from July to March.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 10 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 6 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum in the forest of Rambouillet



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