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This edible mushroom is called Old Man's Beard (Hericium erinaceus), and is also known as Lion's Mane, Tooth Fungus, Hedgehog Mushroom, and Pom Pom Mushroom. For more information and a couple of additional photos, visit my post at Get Your Botany On!.
Thanks to Dr. Don Ruch for verification of my identification of this odd fungus.
6 comments:
Ooo, that is so cool! Maybe Ken can confirm this for me, but I seem to recall seeing something similar at Swamp Angel. It was more widespread on the broken end of a fallen tree, rather than a discrete growth as in this picture. He pointed it out to me, and neither of us had seen anything like it before.
My word verification was "sporr." Haha!
Hey Beth. I think I remember seeing some type of coral fungus at Swamp Angel... maybe that's what you saw.
"Sporr"..... how fitting!
Looks like some type of coral plant. Not sure I would rush to eat it :o)
It supposedely tastes a bit like lobster... I'd try it!
how do you prepare it to eat ? please answer
Anonymous...
I've never eaten this mushroom, but did some searches online. You may want to check the following webpages...
http://www.sdmyco.org/200712Dec.htm
http://www.pbase.com/rsub8/cooking_with_fungi (scroll to the bottom)
http://forums.mycotopia.net/edible-medicinal-mushrooms/15708-hericium-erinaceus-lions-mane-mushroom-bearded-tooth-mushroom-hedgehog-mushroom.html (read through the comments)
I'm sure you can find more if you look. I searched for "cooking Hericium erinaceus."
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