The mushrooms














    
support our next site RogersFlowers.com

Hericium ramosum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

  • el
  • pt
  • Hericium ramosum Mushroom
    Ref No: 7905
    Buy this image
    Hericium ramosum2 Mushroom
    Ref No: 7906
    Buy this image
    Hericium ramosum3 Mushroom
    Ref No: 7907
    Buy this image
    Hericium ramosumPinkF Mushroom
    Ref No: 7909
    Buy this image
    location: North America
    edibility: Edible
    fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink
    normal size: over 15cm
    cap type: Other
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on wood

    Hericium ramosum (Bull. ex Mérat) Let. Fruit body a mass of white, long, multiple branched stems covered with large numbers of very small spines. Whole fungus 10-25cm across, 10-15cm high; stems thin, branched, covered on both sides with spines 0.5-1cm long. Flesh soft, brittle; white. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores ellipsoid, smooth to finely roughened, 3-5 x 3-4µ. Deposit white. Habitat on fallen logs of beech and maple. Found throughout North America. Season August-October. Edible-good. Comment Easily distinguished from the rather similar Hericium coralloides (below) by its much shorter spines growing along the whole length of the thin branches. A pink form of Hericium ramosum turned up at a foray in Oneonta, New York; it was referred to as Hericium ramosum var. rosea, of which I can find no trace in the literature.

    Members' images and comments

    Click here to upload and share your photos and comments about this mushroom (JPEG only please).
    By uploading images and text you hereby warrant that you are the legal owner of this material and agree, without limitation, to permit Rogers Plants Ltd to publish such images and text on this Rogers Plants website. Rogers Plants Ltd reserves the right to remove any member images or text at its sole discretion.
    © 2024-2010 Rogers Plants Ltd. All rights reserved. The text and photographs on this site may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Rogers Plants Ltd. Please see our Terms and Conditions. Site by Glide Technologies Ltd. Poisoning Disclaimer.
    Don't forget to visit our sister sites RogersRoses and RogersTreesandShrubs.