Fruiting bodies: 15-50 cm broad and composed of multiple caps with many branches and a stem like structure. Each cap is 2-10 cm across, more or less fan-shaped, creamy to dirty white in colour and finely velvety with wavy margins. Hymenophore: Creamy when young, becoming dirty whitish to yellowish at maturity. Stem: Branched, whitish, tough and often off-centre. Flesh: Firm and white. Spore Print: White
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Clavaria crispa (Scop.) Sacc. 1910 |
| synonym | Clavaria crispa Wulfen 1781 |
| synonym | Manina crispa Scop. 1772 |
| synonym | Masseeola crispa (Wulfen) Kuntze 1891 |
| synonym | Merisma crispum (Wulfen) Ehrenb. 1818 |
| synonym | Sparassis crispa var. crispa (Wulfen) Fr. 1821 |
| synonym | Sparassis radicata Weir 1917 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Comments
As its common name suggests, the densely branched fruit body of Sparassis crispa resembles a cauliflower.The size, colour and flattened branch structure of Sparassis crispa distiinguish it from the members of the coralgroup.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
On the wood debris and at the base of the trees and caespitose.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Edible
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Fungi |
| Phylum | Basidiomycota |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Order | Polyporales |
| Family | Sparassidaceae |
| Genus | Sparassis |
| Species | Sparassis crispa (Wulfen) Fr. 1821 |
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