Caffeine: the most potent artificial intelligence drink!

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Deep in the Lair of the Perpetually Curious Fox

Thursday 6 January 2011

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Hydnaceae
Genus: Hydnum
Species: H. repandum
Binomial name
Hydnum repandum
L., Fr., 1821
 Hydnum repandum - Hedgehog fungus. Edible when young.
So called hedgehog because of the "teeth" under the cap instead of the normal gills     
Leccinum boreale
 Leccinum boreale (old name) - Edible (if you can find a non-worm infested ones. Extra protein wouldn't hurt either!)


Official mushroom of Alberta

They have spore tubes underneath the caps instead of gills. Notice the worm entry holes at the base of the shroom...

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Leccinum
Species: L. aurantiacum
Binomial name
Leccinum aurantiacum
(Bull. ex St. Amans)

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