Biology:Hericium coralloides
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Hericium coralloides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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 | teeth on hymenium |
 | no distinct cap |
 | hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| lacks a stipe |
 | spore print is white |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: edible |
Hericium coralloides is a saprotrophic fungus, commonly known as coral tooth fungus[1] or comb coral mushroom.[2] It grows on dead hardwood trees. The species is edible and good[3] when young, but as it ages the branches and hanging spines become brittle and turn a light shade of yellowish brown.
Found September 23, 1997 in Vilas County, Wisconsin near water, high in the wound of a living tree. The dried specimen lives at the UWSP Herbarium.
References
- ↑ Woehrel, Mary L.; Light, William H. (2017-11-01) (in en). Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians: A Reference. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-5003-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=96K8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA590&.
- ↑ Russell, Bill (2017-08-01) (in en). Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic: Revised and Expanded Edition. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-08028-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=0YowDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134&dq.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q1318085 entry
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