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Bear's Head Tooth

Hericium americanum

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 75, February 77, March 122, April 239, May 458, June 215, July 162, August 146, September 469, October 397, November 79, December 70.
United States3,978
Canada2,479
Ontario1,922
New York995
Michigan617
Vermont461
Quebec403
New Hampshire316
Pennsylvania237
Massachusetts216

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyTooth Fungi · Hericiaceae
GenusHericium

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