Tooth Fungi

Photographed in Mt Field National Park, along the Russell and Horseshoe Falls track.This has got to be the most photographed fungus in all of Tasmania. Photos of this magnificent specimen are popping up everywhere! It was right next to the track and was very hard to miss. IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

koralliorakasHelsinki, Finland2009-07-13

Photographed in Mt Field National Park, along the Russell and Horseshoe Falls track.This has got to be the most photographed fungus in all of Tasmania. Photos of this magnificent specimen are popping up everywhere! It was right next to the track and was very hard to miss. IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Coral Tooth is an edible, North American hardwood fungus, previously known as Hericium ramosum.

Photographed in Mt Field National Park, along the Russell and Horseshoe Falls track. Photo by my husband, Chris Ryan.This has got to be the most photographed fungus in all of Tasmania. Photos of this magnificent specimen are popping up everywhere! It was right next to the track and was very hard to miss. IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Known as the Coral Tooth Fungus, and found on fallen hardwoods. Widely repoted. Photo from Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.

Photographed in Mt Field National Park, along the Russell and Horseshoe Falls track.This has got to be the most photographed fungus in all of Tasmania. Photos of this magnificent specimen are popping up everywhere! It was right next to the track and was very hard to miss. IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Marshy Point Nature Center, Chase, Md.Fits neatly on a US quarter.

Hericium erinaceus. A fine specimen of one of my favorite genera. About the size of a tennis ball, seen in Biones Regional Park near Lafayette, CA.

Marshy Point Nature Center, Chase, Md.Fits neatly on a US quarter.

Nouvel atlas de poche des champignons comestibles et veneneux..Paris,Leon Lhome,1911-1912..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2979232Bizarre Lion's Mane #Mushroom treats gastric ulcers, esophageal carcinoma & may have anti-dementia compounds biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2979232 #bhlib

Also known as Lion's Mane mushroom, Bearded Tooth mushroom, Hedgehog mushroom, Satyr's Beard, Bearded Hedgehog mushroom, Pom Pom mushroom, and Bearded Tooth fungusHericiaceaeNative to North AmericaAn edible mushroomSan Francisco, California