Hericium americanum

Hericium americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Hericiaceae
Genus:	Hericium
Species:	H. americanum
Binomial name
	Hericium americanum; Ginns (1984)

Hericium americanum, commonly known as the bear's head tooth fungus, is an edible mushroom^[1] in the tooth fungus group. It was described as new to science in 1984 by Canadian mycologist .^[2]

References[]

^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
^ Ginns (1984). "Hericium coralloides N. Amer. auct. (= H. americanum sp.nov.) and the European H. alpestre and H. coralloides". Mycotaxon. 20 (1): 39–43.

External links[]

Media related to Hericium americanum at Wikimedia Commons
Hericium americanum in Index Fungorum

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[Miller_2006-1] Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

[Ginns_1984-2] Ginns (1984). "Hericium coralloides N. Amer. auct. (= H. americanum sp.nov.) and the European H. alpestre and H. coralloides". Mycotaxon. 20 (1): 39–43.

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