Hericium clathroides
(Pall.) Pers.
Stalactite Fungus, Fungus icicles
HydnaceaeMushrooms
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fungus, Mushroom
The mushroom is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. A rainforest fungus. It usually grows on dead Nothofagus wood. It produces a jelly like rot in the wood.
Asia, Australia, China, Europe, Himalayas, Hungary, Nepal, New Zealand, Tasmania,
Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A mushroom. It is a pale colour. It can grow up to 50 cm across. The spore print is white.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Hericium clathroides is a species of an edible fungus in the Hericiaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Gezhuang houtoujun, Pekepeke kiore
