Hedgehog wofiira-chikasu (Hydnus kuchita manyazi)
- Gawo: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kugawikana: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kalasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Kagulu: Incertae sedis (ya malo osatsimikizika)
- Order: Cantharellales (Chanterella (Cantarella))
- Banja: Hydnaceae (Blackberries)
- Mtundu: Hydnum (Gidnum)
- Type: Hydnum rufescens (urchin wofiira wofiira)
Bowa hedgehog wofiira wachikasu ndi mtundu wa bowa wakuthengo. Maonekedwe, ndi bowa wofalikira modabwitsa, wosowa m'nkhalango.
Poyamba, pamwamba pake amafanana ndi chizindikiro cha chilombo chachikulu. Zimamera makamaka m'magulu ang'onoang'ono m'nkhalango zosakanikirana. Nthawi zina amapezeka mu moss kapena udzu waufupi.
Bowa amakongoletsedwa ndi chipewa, chomwe chimafikira masentimita asanu. Chipewa cha bowa, chopaka utoto wofiyira, chimakhala chozungulira, chokhala ndi m'mphepete mwaonda kwambiri. M'nyengo youma, chipewacho chimatha.
Mwendo wa cylindrical wa mtundu wofiira umafika masentimita anayi. Imamveka pansi pamwamba pake ndipo imakhala yofooka pansi. Izi zimakuthandizani kuti mutenge bowa mosavuta ndikuyika mudengu. Mnofu wopepuka, wosasunthika, womwe ulibe kukoma kotchulidwa, umalimba ndi zaka za bowa, zomwe zimakhala zowona makamaka kwa mwendo wa bowa. Hedgehog imakhala yofiira-chikasu ikakhwima, imatulutsa ufa wa spore woyera kapena wobiriwira. Pansi pa bowa imakhala ndi zoonda, zosavuta kuthyola singano zazing'ono zamtundu wofiyira-chikasu.
Bowa amadyedwa ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka akadali achichepere. Bowa okhwima ndi owawa kwambiri, ngati Nkhata Bay labala kulawa. Young mabulosi akutchire ntchito kukonzekera zosiyanasiyana mbale pambuyo koyambirira kutentha mankhwala ndi otentha. Msuzi womwe umapezeka mkati mwa kuwira umatsanulidwa. Bowa amatha kuthiridwa mchere kuti asungidwenso kwa nthawi yayitali.
Hedgehog wofiira-chikasu amadziwika bwino ndi akatswiri otola bowa omwe amadziwa bwino mitundu yonse ya bowa yomwe ikukula panopa.