Coral tooth fungus
Hericium coralloides · 珊瑚状猴头菌
Occasional猴头菌科🍽 Reported Edible (Wild)
Reference sources describe this as an edible wild fungus. This guide provides no basis whatsoever for foraging or consumption.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- White, branching mass, resembling a cluster of coral
- Each branch densely covered in short, hanging spines
- Grows on dead hardwood and fallen logs
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 猴头菌科
- Hymenium
- Teeth
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 8–25 cm (overall size)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Fallen hardwood
Easily Confused With
Lion's maneA white mass covered in dense, hanging spine-like teethFun Fact
In the same genus as lion's mane, but instead of forming one ball it branches into many slender twigs, each hung with short spines.
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