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Mazer
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Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum
#19212565 - 12/01/13 12:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Can anyone offer any general advice for hunting for hedgehogs?
I never seem to come across any, and when I do, I only ever manage to find one or two isolated hedgehogs. When I do come across the occasional hedgehog I make sure to look thoroughly in the same area for more but to no avail.
I mainly hunt in coastal forests in the north Puget Sound region here in Washington and the Cascade foothills. I am fairly new to mushroom hunting but have had great luck with Chanterelles and some other species so far... but hedgehogs just elude me.
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jet li
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Re: Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum [Re: Mazer]
#19212611 - 12/01/13 01:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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PM Ganzig. He'd probably be happy to give you some pointers.
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MarcusFreeman



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Re: Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum [Re: jet li]
#19213134 - 12/01/13 02:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I stumbled across about 2 pounds this season. I found them in the same place as amanita muscaria. I've tried to find more patches, but havent yet.
They were near Pine and Oaks.
H. umbilicatum
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Chuck H
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Re: Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum [Re: jet li]
#19213279 - 12/01/13 03:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I can only speak to my experience. Which I often find different from published info. Still, I hope I can help...
I pick a lot of hedgehogs, but only the little ones. Hydnum umbilicatum. The biggest I ever see them is late in the season when a few specimens may reach three inches around. Most are between 3/4" and 1.5" with many being even smaller. Considering the size, I think it's quite heroic that I pick four to five pounds a year.
It could be that you simply haven't found them yet or that they aren't as common in your area. I don't find many when I hunt new places and the patches I know are those I stumbled on initially, then found other patches near the same areas. They seem to be prolific, but localized.
They don't seem to be deep woods mushrooms as much as chanterelles and I never find them where I pick chants (even though some books say they like the same habitats). I find most of them by spotting a couple of specimens just off wood park trail edges and then I examine the surrounding area off the trail. Under the salal and in small clearings between salal and other shrubs. They seem to have an affinity for rhododendrons, but I do have patches where there are none. Humus soil with moss cover near salal in fir woods seem to be the consistent habitat markers. Since they continue to grow late in the season there should still be a lot around. I could easily pick another couple of pounds from my areas today. They get deeper in flavor, but also a little bitter as they age. Still wonderful to eat though IMO. Try to find damp, shady woods trails where there is little competition from other pickers. Trust me on this, if there are enough to trouble picking you'll see them. You probably just need to look in some different places than your usual haunts. Perhaps someone else is picking them ahead of you! I had a heck of a time finding chanterelle spots because they're popular forage in my area I was starting to doubt their existence. Just keep looking in new places that fit my above descriptions and you'll find them. This is the tail end of the season so I wouldn't wait.
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Edited by Chuck H (12/01/13 07:08 PM)
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Ganzig
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Re: Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum [Re: jet li]
#19213577 - 12/01/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
jet li said: PM Ganzig. He'd probably be happy to give you some pointers.
I usually find them at altitudes above 2000 feet. That might be because I look for mushrooms at those altitudes often.
Cascades have been covered in them this year. I can't walk into the woods without finding them.
Good luck.
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pouihi
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Re: Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum [Re: Mazer]
#19216445 - 12/02/13 09:31 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I found Hydnum repandum last January, in oak Forest. Definitely the best smelling species I have ever found.
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HarryL
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Re: Hydnum repandum and H. umbilicatum [Re: pouihi]
#19216607 - 12/02/13 10:29 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I found both species the week before thanksgiving. Moss areas in the coastal mountain range, about 800 ft. Would find isolated bunches... Though only a few h repandum and maybe a pound of H. umbilicatum... Which is a lot of them mind you.
Found one large group near a closed state campground...
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