''Hericium americanum'', commonly known as the bear's head tooth fungus, is an
edible mushroom
Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye). They can appear either below ground (hypogeous) or above ground ...
in the
tooth fungus
The hydnoid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota with basidiocarps (fruit bodies) producing spores on pendant, tooth-like or spine-like projections. They are colloquially called tooth fungi. Originally such fungi were referred to the g ...
group. It was
described as new to science in 1984 by Canadian mycologist
James Herbert Ginns
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''Hericium americanum'' are commonly found on decaying trees in the Northern United States and Canada. This fungus grows exceptionally well in the environment of temperate deciduous forests.
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Russulales
Edible fungi
Fungi described in 1984
Fungi of North America
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