Bear's Head Tooth
Hericium americanum
Family: Hericiaceae
Also called: Bear's Head Tooth, American Hericium, Coral Tooth (American)
Overview
Eastern hardwood tooth fungus with branched white-spined fruit body on dead hardwood logs. Choice edible — equivalent to lion's mane in the pan.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
uncommon
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct
Season
Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Host trees & substrate
- Decaying pine wood and forest litter
Where it grows
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