Hericium
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderRussulales
- FamilyHericiaceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hericiaceae
- Image
- Hericium coralloides - Male Karpaty I.jpg
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- P105
- genus
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Etymology
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Uses
- Species
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Hericium at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw
Hericium is a genus of edible mushrooms in the family Hericiaceae. Species in this genus are white and fleshy and grow on dead or dying wood; fruiting bodies resemble a mass of fragile icicle-like spines that are suspended from either a branched supporting framework or from a tough, unbranched cushion of tissue.