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Bears Head Tooth Mushroom

Hericium americanum

Photo by MartaPoludnik
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Beautiful and edible mushroom of NE North America. Found growing on dead beech logs, deep within mature maple/beech forests.

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Comments (9)
Leuba Ridgway
Just beautiful and lovely pictures. Would love to see one of these. Thanks and Congratulations ! Marta.
AshleyT
Congrats Marta! Such a neat looking mushroom!
Mark Ridgway
Nice find.. lovely specimen. Congratulations.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Wow,awesome spotting Marta,very cool,congrats on the very well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Yasser
Marta, this wonderful mushroom and your wonderful photos have been selected as Spotting of the Day! Congrats! Thanks for the excellent contributions and for sharing this gem of a fungi with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154691687475603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/520392485890453504

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 8, 2014

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