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Hericium coralloides
This beautiful toothed coral fungus was seen in two clumps, a large one about 170 mm across and a smaller one within the tree hollow (pic 1). The small clump was fresh, white and highly branched with multiple soft spines (pic 2). the larger clump was slightly old, drier with stiffer spines.
Spotted on a damp tree stump - Beech
This fungus is commonly associated with Nothofagus (Southern Beech), growing on dead trees or decaying wood.
An exciting find and in the most unexpected place.
Spotted on May 22, 2017
Submitted on May 23, 2017
9 Comments
Thank you triggsturner -so glad you spotted one. They are so pretty.
@Antonio - thank you.
Great series Leuba,beautiful find,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Belated congratulations on your SOTD Leuba. I found one today in NZ. Like yours very unexpected and my first in years of looking out for it.
You're welcome Leuba! So nice that it comes with a great search story for you and Mark :-)
Wow ! Thanks so much Daniele. Really honoured. This fungus surely deserves recognition. After years of wondering if we'll ever get to see it, we got lucky ! I must share this with Mark - we saw it together after a long, long walk.
Somehow, we thought it might grow in large pendulous clumps. Didn't expect it to be so small and delicate.
Thanks again for the honour.
great find.
Well worth the journey. So glad we finally found it. ;)
Congratulations Leuba, this beautiful and delicate fungus is our Spotting of the Day!
"Doesn't it looks like an underwater shot? This beautiful Coral Tooth Fungus (Hericium coralloides) is our Spotting of the Day! The fruiting bodies of this fungus form clumps of hanging spines. When young, the species is edible and has a more 'knobbly' appearance, resembling a coral. This fungus grows on fallen hardwood and stumps".
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I think so too Polilla. I imagined the clump to be a lot larger but it was quite small and sadly it was mostly dry. I was lucky to find this small clump that was still fresh.