Hericium erinaceus (Bull.) Pers.
(Bearded Tooth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHericium erinaceus (Bearded 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 erinaceus (Bearded Tooth) :
1: Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth)
14 Oct 2016 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
large, slightly old and yellowish fruitbody on Beech trunk
Image 1: Beech trunk with slightly old fruitbodyImage 2: FruitbodyImage 3: Fruitbody (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - slightly old - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - slightly old - on Beech trunkImage 6: Teeth - close-up
2: Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth)
12 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU21 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
large fruitbodies in hollow, fallen Beech log
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view - close-upImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view - close-up (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - top viewImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - close-up

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
Pegler, D.N. 2003 Useful Fungi of the World: the Monkey Head Fungus Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 120-121.

Hericium erinaceus (Bearded 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 erinaceus (Bearded Tooth)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth)

Vulnerable

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