Local Name
Irmis bats’ara (1).
Description
Fruitbodies: The fruitbodies of Hericium coralloides are variable in size and shape, commonly 8–20 cm diameter, consisting of branches arising from a more or less central core that is attached to the wood, white when fresh, becoming cream, buff to buff-brown or faintly yellowish to brownish in old age. Flesh: The flesh is whitish or white, granular or brittle, odor and taste not distinctive, slightly bitterish. Spores: The spores are 3.5–4.5 X 3–3.5 µm, globose, smooth or minutely roughened, colourless.
Habitat: On hardwood logs, especially on beech. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (2).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (1).
References
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. (1986) Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Tbilisi: Metsniereba (Russian).