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| synonyms: Bearded Tooth, Hydne hérisson, Igel-Stachelbart |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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Hericium erinaceus Pers Igel-Stachelbart Hydne hérisson, Bearded Tooth . Fruit body a solid cushion giving rise to long pendulous crowded spines; whitish at first discolouring yellowish with age, spines up to 6cm long. Gloeocystidia present as elongated undulating organs with refractive contents. Spores subglobose, minutely warted, amyloid, 4–5.5 x 5–6.5um. Habitat growing from scars on living deciduous trees, especially beech. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Gregg von Sternberg (United States) - 25 September 2010
Found in North Andover, MA September 15, 2010. - Gregg von Sternberg
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Diane Cavallero (United Kingdom) - 13 October 2009
found this on 13/10/09 in the New Forest in Hampshire, it filled my backback and two carrier bags?!! Found growing on a beech tree
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