Genus

Hericium

Hericium erinaceus. Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Hericium is a genus of edible mushrooms in the Hericiaceae family. 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. This distinctive structure has earned Hericium species a variety of common names—monkey’s head, lion’s mane, and bear’s head are examples. Taxonomically, this genus was…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Russulales
        Family: Hericiaceae (Tooth fungi)
        Genus: Hericium
        Species: Hericium coralloides (Coral tooth fungus)
        Species: Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s-mane mushroom)
        Species: Hericium abietis (Bear’s head)

Subtaxa

Species: Hericium coralloides (Coral tooth fungus)

Species: Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s-mane mushroom)

Species: Hericium abietis (Bear’s head)

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