What sort of hedgehog?

[Northern Boy]

What do y'all think about this?

I thought I'd finally found some Wood Hedgehogs (Hydnum repandum) but when I turned them over they looked more like Terracotta's (Hydnum rufuscens). I thought they were Woods because of the colour, but everything else (stem thickness, gills not going down stem) says Terracotta. What do you think? I suspect colour is the least reliable indicator.

Might they be something else? I can't find anything obvious!

Sorry the pic is a bit blurred, my camera packed up

[SheffieldLass]

This is from Fungi of Switzerland, Vol2:
"The very similar Hydnum rufescens Fr. (also widely distributed here) usually has smaller and more intensely colored, more orange-reddish, fruiting bodies. However, the separating features are not constant. Therefore, we are inclined to the view that this species represents only a form of the very variable H. repandum. MAAS GEESTERANUS (1975) also expresses this opinion and further states that the separating features are valid only in Scandinavia."

I don't know what the current view on them is though. The British Basidiochecklist has them as separate species.

Melanie

[chazzpott]

I found these "Hedgehogs" on the Isle of Skye.





On checking the details in my Phillips, I was suprised that the cap colour did not match the description, but was OK in every other way.
I was perfectly happy with my identification however, and they did'nt last long.