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Hericium erinaceus aka the bearded tooth

H. erinaceus is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan species and one of only four species of fungi on schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

 

Usual host is beech, but can also be found on oak

 

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http://www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/FRDBIrecord.asp?pg=3

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6 minutes ago, breffni said:

Great pictures david. Are you likely to see those species nationwide or are they more specific areas?

If you click the FRDBI links at the base of each post, they show all the individual UK records of locations. 

 

These NBN maps also give a rough location for each species 

 

H. erinaceus

 

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H. corraloides

 

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H. cirrhatum

 

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Excellent shots.  They don't seem to have suitable conditions in the north east of the UK.  I'm looking forward to encountering them somewhere though.

 

I posted that as the maps were being posted.

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1 hour ago, David Humphries said:

Hericium erinaceus aka the bearded tooth

H. erinaceus is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan species and one of only four species of fungi on schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

 

Usual host is beech, but can also be found on oak

 

image.thumb.jpeg.e1520d1cec4b386a79c1d5c5a29076c7.jpeg

 

image.thumb.jpeg.9f4bfeedf1df205ff2ec89833b03cef2.jpeg

 

image.thumb.jpeg.d47822ec3d302a5191a11be62eb7501b.jpeg

 

image.thumb.jpeg.96ee2a0af3f8c404e552708afac8fe91.jpeg

 

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http://www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/FRDBIrecord.asp?pg=3

I'm sure I found these in my Chinese takeaway last week !

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13 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

I'm sure I found these in my Chinese takeaway last week !

H. erinaceus is a highly prized culinary super fung.

 

The Chinese have long coveted its medicinal properties.

 

The majority of fruit bodies of this species found for sale in the culinary and medicinal market place are from inoculated dowels placed in to appropriate dead wood volumes and harvested.

 

Picking this particular species from the wild is actually a criminal offence.

 

 

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