Everything about Hericium Erinaceus totally explained
Hericium erinaceus (also called
Lion's Mane Mushroom,
Bearded Tooth Mushroom,
Hedgehog Mushroom,
Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom,
pom pom mushroom, or
Bearded Tooth Fungus) is an edible
mushroom in the
tooth fungus group. It can be identified by its tendency to grow all the spines out from one group (rather than branches), long spines (greater than 1cm length) and its appearance on hardwoods.
Hericium erinaceus can be mistaken for three other species of
Hericium which also grow in North America, all of which are fine, popular edibles. In the wild, these mushrooms are common during late summer and fall on dead hardwoods, particularly
American Beech.
Hericium erinaceus is a choice edible when young, and the texture of the cooked mushroom is often compared to seafood. This mushroom is
cultivated commercially on logs or sterilized sawdust. It is available fresh or dried in Asian grocery stores.
It is called hóu tóu gū (lit. "monkey head mushroom") in
Chinese. In Japanese it's called
yamabusitake (kanji: ; katakana:, lit. "mountain hidden mushroom"). In
Vietnamese it's called .
This mushroom has been used in
traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years, and a study on rats in 2005 showed that some compounds in the mushroom, like
D-threitol,
D-arabinitol, and
palmitic acid may have
antioxidant effects, may regulate blood
lipid levels and may reduce blood
glucose levels.
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Ying (1987) reports that pills of this mushroom are used in the treatment of
gastric and
esophageal carcinoma."
Synonyms
- Clavaria erinaceus
- Dryodon erinaceus
- Hydnum erinaceus
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