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Hericium
Hericium is a genus of edible mushrooms in the family Hericiaceae. Species in this genus are white and fleshy and grow on dead or dying wood; fruiting bodies resemble a mass of fragile icicle-like spines that are suspended from either a branched supporting framework or from a tough, unbranched cushion of tissue.
Their distinctive structures have earned Hericium species a variety of common names—monkey's head, lion's mane, and bear's head are examples. Taxonomically, this genus was previously placed within the order Aphyllophorales, but recent molecular studies now place it in the Russulales.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Coral tooth fungus
speciesHericium coralloides
Hericium erinaceus
complexHericium erinaceus
Bear's Head Tooth
speciesHericium americanum
Bear's head
speciesHericium abietis
Pekepeke-kiore
speciesHericium novae-zealandiae
Tiered tooth fungus
speciesHericium cirrhatum
Hericium alpestre
speciesHericium alpestre
Hericium clathroides
speciesHericium clathroides
Phantom Tooth Fungus
speciesHericium ophelieae
Hericium sp. 'corralloides-AK01'
speciesHericium sp. 'corralloides-AK01'
Hericium rajendrae
speciesHericium rajendrae
Hericium rajchenbergii
speciesHericium rajchenbergii
Hericium yunnanense
speciesHericium yunnanense
Hericium yumthangense
speciesHericium yumthangense
Hericium bembedjaense
speciesHericium bembedjaense
Hericium sp. 'NM01'
speciesHericium sp. 'NM01'
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49160.