Hericium flagellum
Hericium flagellum · Tooth fungi (Hericium)
Special mushroom – look, don’t pick Red List: Endangered (2)
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Edible, but endangered (Red List Germany: 2) and tied to old fir forests. Please leave it standing and take photos.
Recognise it safely – what matters
- White and branched
- Tufts of long spines at the branch tips
- Only on silver fir in mountain forests
Features
- Cap
- No cap: white to cream-white branched fruit body, 10–30 cm.
- Underside
- Hanging spines, tufted at the branch ends and up to about 2 cm long.
- Stem
- Short common base on the wood.
- Flesh
- White, soft.
- Smell
- Mild.
- Spore print
- White.
Season
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Habitat
On fallen trunks and stumps of silver fir, almost only in mountain forests (Alps, Black Forest, Bavarian Forest) with old firs.
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Risk of confusion
Never identify mushrooms by pictures or an app alone. When in doubt, ask a mushroom expert – and only pick what you know for sure.