Summary ⁶

Hericium americanum, commonly known as the bear's head tooth fungus, is an edible mushroom in the tooth fungus group. It was described as new to science in 1984 by Canadian mycologist James Herbert Ginns.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Dave Lewis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53109669@N02/6348253907
2. (c) Eric Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/102548.jpg
3. (c) Claude Kaufholtz-Couture, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/451503.jpg
4. (c) Dr. Lorne Stobbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/395866.jpg
5. (c) John Carl Jacobs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/59262.jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_americanum

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• Mushroom Observer
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• USDA PLANTS database

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