Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Russulales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Hericium erinaceum | |||
Author: | Basionym: Hydnum erinaceae Bull., Herb. France Pl. 34. 1789. Steccheyinum quercinum S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Br. Pl. 1: 651. 1821. Hericium erinaceum (Bull. : Fr.) Pers., Mycol. Eur. 2: 153. 1825. Hericium commune Rogues., Hist. Champ. Comest. Ven. 47. 1832. |
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Description: | Fruit body oval to roundish solid or headlike mass, 5-20 cm tall and across, white, becoming yellowish, long, hanging beardlike spines; stipe stout, tough. Hymenium spine-like 1-5 cm long, smooth. Spore print white, spores round, hyaline, smooth, 5-7 × 5-6 μm, I+. Cystidia not seen but gloeoplerous hyphae ends in the hymenium, 30-38 × 4-8 μm. Basidia clavate, 18-22 × 5-6 μm, with 4 sterigmata and basal clamp. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 3-6 μm across, hyphae septa with clamp. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Miaoli: Tahu, 10 Jan. 1996, C.Y. Tseng, CWN 01366 (TNM F4728). |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous. On dead standing hardwood. | |||
Distribution: | Europe, North America, Japan, China, and Taiwan. |
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References: | Bon, M. 1987; Imazeki, R. and Hong, T. 1989; Smith, AH. et al. 1981. |
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Provided: | W. N. Chou |
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Note: | This species is edible and delicious. It has long been commercially cultivated in Taiwan. | |||