Species
Sparassis radicata (Western cauliflower mushroom)
Sparassis radicata. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Sparassis (also known as cauliflower mushroom) is a genus of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms characterised by their unique shape and appearance. This appearance can be described as similar to a sea sponge, a brain, or a head of cauliflower, from which it has been given its popular name.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
- Family: Sparassidaceae (Cauliflower fungi and allies)
- Genus: Sparassis (Cauliflower mushrooms)
- Species: Sparassis radicata (Western cauliflower mushroom)
- Genus: Sparassis (Cauliflower mushrooms)
- Family: Sparassidaceae (Cauliflower fungi and allies)
- Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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