Bearded tooth fungi

[Ben Ballard]

found in hollow trunk in beech tree also growing on stem 20 ft up,it one of the uk rarest fungi to rare to harvest.i collected a small amount leaving lots on tree . gave to a chef i know ,said to be like lobster or crap meat to taste.looking into cultivation of it with spores kit as could be valuble one to sell .

Edited January 2, 2009 by Ben Ballard

[David Humphries]

Never seen one.

 

Hericium erinaceus - Satyr's beard; Lion's mane; Hedgehog

mushroom; Bearded tooth.

 

 

Nice find Cutter

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[Stephen Blair]

that looks really cool, i have never been interested in fungi until joining this forum. now i cant stop looking for them. can anyone recommend a good pocket id book.

[Ben Ballard]

cheers mate ive never found it before ,like your photos,

[David Humphries]

cheers mate ive never found it before ,like your photos,

 

 

These particular ones are Mr Googles.

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

that looks really cool, i have never been interested in fungi until joining this forum. now i cant stop looking for them. can anyone recommend a good pocket id book.

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3456&highlight=Fungi+books

 

I have the above plus a couple of others.

 

Personally like to take some pictures then go back and reference it through decent sized books and the net, AIE - Wild about britain etc.......

 

best way to learn IMO

 

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

thanks mate, that does sound like a better idea. I have some book tokens somewhere

[David Humphries]

I have some book tokens somewhere

 

 

If you haven't already, check out..................

 

http://www.treesource.co.uk/acatalog/Tree_Health___Disorders.html

 

 

 

 

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Edited January 2, 2009 by Monkey-D

[Stephen Blair]

i like the look of those books mate, good stuff. thanks

[Ben Ballard]

my best i d book is pocket nature fungi by shelly evans/geoffrey kibby good value at£10