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Hericium erinaceusPhoto: ABFG libraryBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Large pure white fruit body, cushion-like with long pendulous spines; solitary, from wounds on living broad-leaf trees, also from felled trunks; favouring beech.Dimensions: 10-20cm deep x 10-25cm dia. Fruit Body: White, cushion-like, upper surface smooth, fertile hymenium on the under surface covering pendulous, elongated conical spines; flesh: concolorous, firm. |
Spores: Hyaline, finely warty or spiny, sub-spherical, amyloid, some with droplets, 6.0-6.5 x 4.0-5.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia cylindrical. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Edible Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Early Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 1 : internationally threatened species |
| Justification: threatened in over 50% of the countries within its European range |
| Threats: forestry operations and inappropriate woodland management policy |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; site liaison and management. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records update VC frequency
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Total records: 325 |
| Earliest recording: 1813 | |
| Latest recording: 2008 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 1(1); 5(23); 8(5); 11(45); 13(10); 16(5); 18(13); 16(5); 20(3); 21(1); 23(1); 24(11); 25(9); 26(1); 28(1); 29(5); 38(2); 39(1); 56(3); 62(2); 63(1); 64(1); 69(1) | |
| Pre-1960: 59 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 266 records |
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