Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.
(Coral Tooth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)
GenusHericium (a genus of tooth fungi)
FamilyHERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth) :
1: Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)
12 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU21 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
3 fruitbodies on tall, dead, standing Beech stump
Image 1: Fruitbody - side viewImage 2: Fruitbody - side view (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - side view (3)Image 4: Fruitbody - side view - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - close-up (2)Image 6: Fruitbody - side view - close-up (3)Image 7: Fruitbody - side view - close-up (4)Image 8: Fruitbody - side view - close-up (5)Image 9: Fruitbody - under-side view - close-upImage 10: Fruitbody - under-side view - close-up (2)
2: Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)
16 Sep 2010 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
3 slightly tired fruitbodies on fallen Beech log by path
Image 1: Fruitbody - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - close-up (3)Image 4: Fruitbody - in situImage 5: Fruitbody part - close-upImage 6: Fruitbody section - close-upImage 7: Fruitbody - side viewImage 8: Spines - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A. 1996 Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota 210pp, British Mycological Society

Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hericium coralloides (Coral Tooth)

Vulnerable

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