Hericium flagellum
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| Hericium flagellum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Hericiaceae |
| Genus: | Hericium |
| Species: | H. flagellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hericium flagellum | |
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 |
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]