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Hericium erinaceus, commonly known as lion's mane, yamabushitake, bearded tooth fungus, or bearded hedgehog, [1] [2] is a species of tooth fungus. It tends to grow in a single clump with dangling spines longer than 1 centimetre (1 ⁄ 2 inch). It can be mistaken for other Hericium species that grow in the same areas.
Hericium at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. Hericium is a genus of edible mushrooms in the family Hericiaceae.Species in this genus are white and fleshy and grow on dead or dying wood; fruiting bodies resemble a mass of fragile icicle-like spines that are suspended from either a branched supporting framework or from a tough, unbranched cushion of tissue.
The best known genus is Hericium, species of which are valued for their medicinal properties in Oriental medicine. Taxa are mainly known from north temperate regions, and are saprobic on rotting wood. [ 1 ]
Erinacine A, isolated from the cultured mycelia of Hericium erinaceus, the main representative of this compounds group, has an enhancing effect on nerve growth factor synthesis in vitro. [1] It also increases catecholamine in the central nervous system of rats. [citation needed] Erinacine A has also been prepared by total synthesis. [2]
Hericium novae-zealandiae growing from a dead tree trunk among lichens. Hymenium has matured and become reddish. The closely related Hericium erinaceus, or lion's mane has been shown to have numerous health benefits including treating dyspepsia, gastric ulcers as well as antitumor and immuno-modulatory activity.
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They range in size from the gymnures in the Hylomys genus, at 9 cm (4 in) plus a 1 cm (0.4 in) tail, to the moonrat, at 46 cm (18 in) plus a 30 cm (12 in) tail. Erinaceids are omnivorous and primarily eat insects and small vertebrates such as lizards, though they also consume plants, eggs, and fungi.
Hericium erinaceus, a tooth fungus; also called "lion's mane mushroom" Hydnum repandum, sweet tooth fungus, hedgehog mushroom or hedgehog fungus, urchin of the woods; Lactarius deliciosus, saffron milk cap, consumed around the world and prized in Russia; Morchella genus (morel family) morels belong to the ascomycete grouping of fungi. They are ...