On strongly decayed, damp conifer stumps (spruce, pine); rarely on hardwood

Edible but of no culinary value

• ▸ Gelatinous, tongue- to fan-shaped fruit body
• ▸ Underside covered with soft, hanging teeth (spines)
• ▸ Translucent whitish to grey-brown, jelly-firm flesh
• ▸ Short lateral stem, sometimes missing entirely

Looks like a jelly fungus but bears soft spines like a hedgehog fungus — hence the name. Edible, though it tastes of almost nothing.