Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AuricularialesOrder
• └─ HyaloriaceaeFamily
• └─ PseudohydnumGenus

Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).

Lifestylesaprobiont

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

⚠ Before you pickWild fungi may be taken in small quantities for your own use (§39(3) BNatSchG) — but not in nature reserves or national parks, on closed land or on farmland in use, and never for sale (§39(4)). In Bavaria this right is anchored in Art. 141(3) of the state constitution and is limited to locally customary amounts; the competent authority is the district nature-conservation authority (untere Naturschutzbehörde). Local signs and ordinances come first.

Species protection from BArtSchV Annex 1 and §2(1), retrieved 2026-10-15; Red List from Dämmrich et al. (2016) (BfN / Rote-Liste-Zentrum). Not legal advice — local rules and signage may be stricter. BArtSchV Annex 1 · Red List data

• edible mushroom
• medicinal mushrooms

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.