Hericium cirrhatum (Pers.) Nikol.
(Tiered Tooth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)
GenusHericium (a genus of tooth fungi)
FamilyHERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) :
1: Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)
7 Oct 2001 Lon/Lat: 0 0 France
Image 1: Fruitbody - top surfaceImage 2: Fruitbody - undersideImage 3: Spines - enlargedImage 4: top surface - enlarged
2: Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)
30 Sep 1981 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - upturnedImage 2: In situImage 3: Spines - close-upImage 4: Spines - close-up (2)Image 5: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 6: Terminations of ?lactiferous hyphae - magnifiedImage 7: DescriptionImage 8: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Kibby, G. 2012 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 13 (2): 63-66.
Pearson, A.A. 1946 New Records and Observations. III TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hericium cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth)

Vulnerable

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