Hericium erinaceus
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (of uncertain position)
- Order: Russulales (Russulovye)
- Family: Hericiaceae (Hericaceae)
- Genus: Hericium (Hericium)
- Type: Hericium erinaceus (Hericium erinaceus)
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Hericium erinaceus (lat. hericium erinaceus) is a mushroom of the Hericium family of the order Russula.
External Description
Sedentary, rounded fruit body, irregular in shape and without legs, with hanging long spines, up to 2-5 centimeters long, slightly yellowing when dried. White fleshy pulp. White spore powder.
Edibility
Edible. The mushroom tastes similar to shrimp meat.
Habitat
It grows in the Khabarovsk Territory, the Amur Region, in the north of China, the Primorsky Territory, in the Crimea and the foothills of the Caucasus. It is very rarely found in forests on the trunks of live oaks, in their hollows and on stumps. In most countries, it is listed in the Red Book.