Hericium
cirrhatum


Hericium cirrhatum
[Creolophus cirrhatus]
- Name
- tiered tooth fungus; spine-face.
- Etymology
- Epithet = curly hairs or fringed. Genus = hedgehog.
- Fruitbody
- Annual, imbricate (tiered or layered) brackets with teeth. Cap often scaly.
- Similar species
- Climacodon pulcherrimus is matted hairy on top, somewhat resembling a Trametes. Climacodon septentrionalis is typically in large overlapping clusters on maple. Spongipellis pachyodon has flattened teeth and angular pores.
- Ecology
- Saprobe on live and dead hardwoods.
- Phenology
- Apparently summer and fall. The Chicago record is from 31 July 2010.
- Biogeography
- Found in Europe and rare in North America. Some sources say its presence in North America is debatable, but the few herbarium records online include ones by A.H. Smith (Colorado) and Chuck Barrows (New Mexico). Is it possible that the American collections are actually Climacodon pulcherrimus? Microscopic examination would answer the question.
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Hericium cirrhatum Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriia 2, 5:343. (1950). ,
- ≡ Basionym: Hydnum cirrhatum Neues Magazin für die Botanik 1: 109 (1794) ,
- ≡ Sanctioned: Hydnum cirrhatum Systema Mycologicum 1: 411 (1821) ,
- ≡ Creolophus cirrhatus Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 5: 42 (1879) ,
- Type
- Europe.
- Taxonomy
- Originally placed in Hydnum for having teeth. Its relationship to Hericium was not realized for 150 years. It was also transferred to Dryodon (1886) and Steccherinum (1963).
- Description links
- First Nature UK
- Roger Phillips
- Shroomery photos
- Related links
- Wikipedia
- Records online
- iNaturalist
- Mushroom Observer
- MyCoPortal
- Taxon links
- 298405 Hericium cirrhatum
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum