Cauliflower fungus
Sparassis crispa
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Sparassis crispa
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Sparassidaceae
- Under the cap
- Smooth
- Cap
- No cap
- Stem
- No stem
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter, Parasite
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Conifer forest, Living trees
- Spore print
- White, Cream
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its ruffled, curly lobes form a mass that can reach about 40 cm across, like a sea sponge.
- It rots the roots and base of conifers, causing a brown rot.
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Similar fungi
- Turkey tail
Trametes versicolor
- Birch polypore
Fomitopsis betulina
- Giant polypore
Meripilus giganteus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q36992 · All fungi · All entries