| Hericium coralloides |
| Found during the summer and fall growing from decaying wood, this coral/toothed mushroom is prevalent on logs and branches of American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). Young specimens (above) are very spiny and branch out from a central point. Largest example shown here (top left) is 7 inches across and 5 inches high; can become twice as large. |
| Mature specimens of Hericium coralloides have comb tooth like spines that hang down about one centimeter. Hericium americanum is similar but has longer spines and larger spores. Another showy Hericium, H. erinaceus, has long spines also, but lacks any type of branching structure. |
| See Hericium coralloides at Fungi Growing on Wood |
