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Hericium erinaceus
whitish beardlike mass, with long teeth, choice edibility when young
dead log, Carolinian forest
One of the coolest fungi I've seen, growing next to another amazing, yet unidentified, fungi. There are 3 species of tooth fungi in the National Audubon field guide to North American mushrooms, the bearded tooth was the last one I had yet to spot. I was so happy to see this. It looks like a miniature chandelier.
Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 23, 2012
15 Comments
Cool!!!
Thank you Ali!
wow!
Thanks Mayra, and thanks to Gerardo and Andres. I somehow missed your comments a few weeks ago.
Wonderful!
Extraordinary great series :)
SPECTACULAR¡¡¡¡
WELL DONE¡¡¡¡
COOL¡¡¡
Thanks Carol. Maybe a frozen waterfall?
My first opinion is that this fungi looks like a wonderful waterfall. Awesome!
Thanks vitthal.py!
Thanks lightworkerpeace, Yuko, Jill and Manas. Yuko, I have not tried it as I don't like mushrooms (and probably most fungi, even if I haven't tried it) and wouldn't want to eat a beauty like this.
Its a fungi i would like to eat for dinner!!
Great photo
Congratulations on the amazing spotting! I'm very curious how it tastes like. Have you tried it?
Bravo! Nice shots, friend!