Akahatsu
Akahatsu, Lactarius akahatsu, is a wild milkcap of East Asian pine and mixed forests that is sold in Yunnan markets, with its edibility and identity still needing species-level review.
Mushrooms
Asian hedgehog mushroom
Hydnum berkeleyanum is a toothed, ectomycorrhizal forest fungus sold in food markets in Yunnan, China. Its regional identification is published, but its current name and local safety still need species-level review.
Overview
Hydnum berkeleyanum is a hedgehog fungus, a group whose members have a toothed rather than gilled underside. The catalogue calls it the Asian hedgehog mushroom and records it from Yunnan, China.
The name is a research label. The supplied catalogue states that contemporary taxonomy still needs species-level review, so the name should be read as a regional identification and not as a settled species record.
Ecology
The catalogue describes the fungus as ectomycorrhizal, growing in partnership with forest trees. Its supply is recorded as wild.
Food use
The catalogue records a toothed mushroom present in food markets in Yunnan. That is a market record for the regional identification, not a species-wide food reputation.
The record gives no preparation method, and this page adds none.
Safety and identification
A food-use record does not establish identification, edibility or a safe preparation. The supplied catalogue states that local safety still needs species-level review. A toothed fungus cannot be judged by its colour or by the presence of a market; a wild specimen should be identified by an experienced expert before anyone eats it.
Sources and gaps
The Springer article listed for this species was not read in full for this page; its content is kept as catalogued. The next research question is which Yunnan market records are supported by a current species-level identification of Hydnum berkeleyanum.
Places
Yunnan
Documented use · Region evidenceThe supplied catalogue records the fungus in food markets in Yunnan. It gives no locality, and the regional identification is retained as published.
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Sources
Springer (Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)Identity · Ecology · Food use · Geography · Safety
Article cited by the supplied fungi catalogue for Hydnum berkeleyanum and related Yunnan market fungiToothed mushroom present in food markets in Yunnan; ectomycorrhizal forest fungus; wild supply; contemporary taxonomy and local safety need species-level review (as recorded in the supplied catalogue)
Cited in: Overview; Ecology; Food use; Safety and identification; Sources and gaps