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   jill, I have randomly found hedgehogs usually on dead wood. I don't know how   
   they affect live trees, but if it's your own trees then it should be no   
   problem.   
   I think it was Fred who had some good points on being carefull what you   
   spread.   
   Kurt   
   "jill"  wrote in message   
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   > It's kind of a dull yellowish white on the tree, and gets more the   
   > color of shrimp when cooked  I'lllhave to ask them more about it's   
   > history on that tree, looks like the mushroom has been there for a   
   > while. I was wondering if it was invasive ( I got my spore water and   
   > sample mushroom ready to apply to some oak, but don't want it to cause   
   > problems, so Kurt, could I get your go ahead on this? Thanks for the   
   > Latin. My cukes await, so I gotta go pick em   
   > jill   
   > Kurt wrote:   
   >> If you found a comb hedgehog (hericium ramosum) you have a treat. They   
   >> are   
   >> like eating a cauliflower with fine mushroom flavor. Seems early for them   
   >> in   
   >> MN though.   
   >> Kurt   
   >> "jill"  wrote in message   
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   >> >I was up to my parent's place last night, they have a huge Sheep's Head   
   >> > mushroom growing on the side of a big old oak, so I got a hunk of it   
   >> > and was going to try to get some going on a tree here.  I think Kurt   
   >> > mentioned in a different thread that some mushrooms could be kind of   
   >> > invasive, so am wondering if this one can. I ate some and thought it   
   >> > was kind of bland. Maybe it was too old? Another question is other   
   >> > names it's known by, I'm not sure of the latin for this one.   
   >> >   
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