I-Hedgehog ebomvu-ephuzi (Hydnus blushing)
- Isigaba: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Ukuhlukaniswa iziqephu: I-Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Ikilasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- I-Subclass: I-Incertae sedis (yesikhundla esingaqinisekile)
- I-oda: Cantharellales (Chanterella (Cantarella))
- Umndeni: Hydnaceae (Amajikijolo amnyama)
- Uhlobo: Hydnum (Gidnum)
- Uhlobo: I-Hydnum rufescens (i-urchin ephuzi ebomvu)
Ikhowe i-hedgehog ephuzi ngokubomvu is a wild mushroom species. In appearance, it is an unusually spreading mushroom, quite rare in forests.
Ubuso baso lapho uqala ukububona bufana nombhalo ongokomfanekiso wesilo sasendle esikhulu. Ikhula kakhulu ngamaqembu amancane emahlathini axubile. Kwesinye isikhathi kutholakala ku-moss noma otshanini obufushane.
I-mushroom ihlotshiswe ngesigqoko, ububanzi baso bufinyelela amasentimitha amahlanu. Isigqoko sekhowe, esipendwe ngombala obomvu-obomvu, siyajikajika, sinemiphetho emincane ephukayo. Esikhathini esomile, isigqoko sizophela.
Umlenze we-cylindrical wombala obomvu ufinyelela amasentimitha amane. Inomuzwa phansi futhi inamathele kancane phansi. Lokhu kukuvumela ukuthi uthathe kalula amakhowe bese uwabeka kubhasikidi. Inyama ekhanyayo, ebuthakathaka, engenakho ukunambitheka okuveziwe, iqina ngeminyaka yesikhunta, okuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi emlenzeni wamakhowe. I-Hedgehog inombala obomvu-ophuzi uma ivuthiwe, ikhulula i-spore powder emhlophe noma enombala okhilimu. Iphansi lesikhunta liqukethe izacile, eziphuka kalula izinaliti ezincane ezinombala obomvu-ophuzi.
Ikhowe liyadliwa futhi lisetshenziswa kakhulu esemncane. Amakhowe avuthiwe anomunyu kakhulu, afana ne-rubber cork ukunambitha. Ijikijolo elincane lisetshenziselwa ukulungisa izitsha ezihlukahlukene emva kokwelashwa kokushisa kokuqala nokubilisa. Umhluzi otholakala ngesikhathi sokubilisa uyathululwa. Ikhowe lingafakwa usawoti ukuze lilondolozwe isikhathi eside.
I-Hedgehog reddish-yellow yaziwa kakhulu ngabaqoki bamakhowe abangochwepheshe abazazi kahle zonke izinhlobo zamakhowe akhulayo njengamanje.