Hericium coralloides
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| Hericium coralloides | |
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| File:2009-09-25 Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers 58068 crop.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Hericiaceae |
| Genus: | Hericium |
| Species: | H. coralloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.
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| Hericium coralloides | |
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| File:Teeth icon.png | Teeth on hymenium |
| File:No cap icon.svg | No distinct cap |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Lacks a stipe |
| Spore print is white | |
| File:Saprotrophic fungus.svg | Ecology is saprotrophic |
| File:Mycomorphbox Edible.png | Edibility is edible |
Hericium coralloides is a saprotrophic fungus, commonly known as coral tooth fungus[1] or comb coral mushroom.[2]
Description
The fruiting body is 4–18 centimetres (1+1⁄2–7 in) across, whitish, and heavily branched and toothed. Both the flesh and the spore print are white.[3]
Similar species
It resembles Hericium abietis and H. erinaceus.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It is found throughout North America, growing on dead hardwood trees. It can be found from July to October in the east and November to March in the west.[3]
Uses
The species is edible and good[4] when young, but as it ages the branches and hanging spines become brittle and turn a light shade of yellowish brown.
References
- ↑ Woehrel, Mary L.; Light, William H. (2017-11-01). Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians: A Reference. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-5003-5.
- ↑ Russell, Bill (2017-08-01). Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic: Revised and Expanded Edition. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-08028-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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