🍄 Family

Hericiaceae

7 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Russulales › Hericiaceae

Hericium coralloides is an edible white branched fungus that grows on dead hardwood across North America, Eurasia, and Australia.

Hericium abietis is a choice edible North American cavity fungus that grows on dead conifer wood, which can reach very large sizes.

Hericium americanum, the bear's head tooth fungus, is an edible tooth mushroom found in North America, recently named Vermont's state mushroom.

Hericium flagellum is a distinct European Hericiaceae fungus that grows on montane fir deadwood, with spores 5–6.5 by 4.5–5.5 μm.

Hericium cirrhatum, the tiered tooth fungus, is a rare edible saprotrophic fungus that grows on dead hardwood in European woodlands.

Hericium novae-zealandiae is a large branched white fungus, whose extracts show antiproliferative activity against prostate cancer cell lines.

Hericium erinaceus (lion's mane) is an edible mushroom with described morphology, habitat, cultivation status, and unconfirmed supplement benefits.

Related Families

Russulaceae 112 species Stereaceae 9 species Bondarzewiaceae 7 species Auriscalpiaceae 6 species Albatrellaceae 4 species Peniophoraceae 4 species Echinodontiaceae 1 species

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