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Bear Head Tooth Fungi

Hericium americanium

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Notes:

This mushroom is about 12inches wide and 8 inches long, and was about 25 feet in the air on a dead tree, not sure what kind of tree it was though

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bearattack79
bearattack79 8 years ago
Bear head tooth fungus
Hericium americanium


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3 Comments

TracyL
TracyL 8 years ago

I have heard you could eat it. Unfortunately i do not like to eat mushrooms :(

bearattack79
bearattack79 8 years ago

Apparently good to eat. :/

bearattack79
bearattack79 8 years ago

Bear head tooth fungus

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TracyL
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TracyL

Vermont, USA

Spotted on Sep 2, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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