Comment on I always find the coolest mushrooms when I'm kayaking
sirimeow@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Looks like Lion’s Mane. I’m no expert though. Very cool either way!
Comment on I always find the coolest mushrooms when I'm kayaking
sirimeow@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Looks like Lion’s Mane. I’m no expert though. Very cool either way!
I thought Lion’s Mane too, but there are a few others that are similar.
dgdft@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is pretty conclusive as H. Americanum, but you’re 100% free to call it Lion’s Mane outside of academic discussion with a mycologist.
All the similar Hericium species in this cluster are edible and cook similarly, so any further distinction is a matter of taxonomic interest rather than culinary — kinda like how P. Ostreatus is “the” oyster mushroom, but there are additional species (e.g. golden oysters) that fall under the general common-name umbrella of “oyster mushrooms”.