Hericium flagellum

Hericium flagellum is a species of fungus in the family Hericiaceae[1] native to Europe, first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and placed into its current genus by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1797. It was confirmed—using sexual incompatibility studies—to be a distinct species from H. coralloides in 1983. Found in montane areas, typically on newly fallen trunks and stumps of fir (Abies species), especially silver fir[2] with one study finding over half of recorded specimens growing on silver fir deadwood in high conservation value areas.[3] Spores are 5–6.5 by 4.5–5.5 µm.[4][5]

Hericium flagellum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Hericiaceae
Genus: Hericium
Species:
H. flagellum
Binomial name
Hericium flagellum
(Scop.) Pers., 1797
Hericium flagellum
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Teeth on hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible

References
  1. "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  2. Kujawska, Marta Brygida; Stasińska, Małgorzata; Leski, Tomasz; Rudawska, Maria (2019-12-23). "First record of Hericium flagellum (Basidiomycota) from the "Olbina" nature reserve in Wielkopolska Voivodship, Poland". Acta Mycologica. 54 (2). doi:10.5586/am.1133. ISSN 2353-074X.
  3. Kujawska, Marta Brygida; Rudawska, Maria; Stasińska, Małgorzata; Pietras, Marcin; Leski, Tomasz (2021-04-01). "Distribution and ecological traits of a rare and threatened fungus Hericium flagellum in Poland with the prediction of its potential occurrence in Europe". Fungal Ecology. 50: 101035. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101035. ISSN 1754-5048. S2CID 230575860.
  4. Hallenberg N. (1983). "Hericium coralloides and H. alpestre (Basidiomycetes) in Europe". Mycotaxon. 18 (1): 181–89.
  5. Kiyashko AA; Zmitrovich IV (2013). "Hericium alpestre Pers" (PDF). Red Book of Karachaevo-Cherkessia: 212.
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