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synonyms: Clavaire Crépue, Fodros káposztagomba, Krause Glucke, Sparassis Crépu, Wood Cauliflower
Sparassis crispa Mushroom
Ref No: 8911
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Sparassis crispa2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8912
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Sparassis crispa3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8913
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Sparassis crispa 001 Mushroom
Ref No: 23992
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow
normal size: over 15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood

Sparassis crispa Wulf. ex Fr. Cauliflower or Brain Fungus, Sparassis Crépu, Clavaire Crépue, Krause Glucke, Fodros káposztagomba, Creste di gallo, Grote Sponszwam. Fruit body 20–50cm across, subglobose, cauliflower-like, comprising numerous flattened, crisped lobes on a short thick rooting stem, pale ochraceous to buff, darkening with age. Smell sweetish, pleasant. Spores whitish to pale yellow, pip-shaped, 5–7 x 4–5um. Habitat at the base of conifer trees or near by. Season autumn. Occasional. Edible and delicious when young and fresh; must be thoroughly cleaned. Distribution, America and Europe. The last image comes from Ted Green, many thanks.

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Wallace Vickers Kaufman (United States) - 30 August 2014

This 6 inch sphere of S crispa came up clean and crisp in dense second growth fir, spruce and hemlock of coastal Oregon. Late August.
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bodia dub (United Kingdom) - 23 September 2013

22 September 2013 Bracknell Forest, UK
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Lyubomir Radoev (Bulgaria) - 30 December 2012

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Lyubomir Radoev (Bulgaria) - 30 December 2012

This mushroom was found in Pirin mountain - Bulgaria (November 2012)
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Ivan Teage (United Kingdom) - 12 September 2011

Cauliflower fungus found in New Forest, Hampshire, England, August 2011.
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Melissa Stoudt (United States) - 11 September 2011

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Jo Priestnall (United Kingdom) - 20 June 2011

Found Oct 2007, New Forest
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laurens van der linde (Netherlands) - 08 December 2010

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laurens van der linde (Netherlands) - 08 December 2010

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laurens van der linde (Netherlands) - 08 December 2010

a other specie
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laurens van der linde (Netherlands) - 08 December 2010

hello i found this year a lot of this species thanks for lookthe picture
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bunyamin acar (Turkey) - 09 November 2010

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Suiling Resag (Luxembourg) - 04 September 2010

This cauliflower mushroom was found in the forest in Luxembourg in September 2010. We cooked it with the recipe on this website: http://www.vapko.ch/fr/questions/Debutant-Cle-bolets.php and it was delicious!
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 10 February 2009

Hungarian name, Fodros káposztagomba
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008

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