Local name: Rapoe Jaw

Edibility: Edible

Habitat: Solitary on living trees or on the cut ends of recently felled logs.

Description: Fruiting body: 8-20 cm, rounded to elongate, a mass of overlapping, slender spines arising from a short rooted stalk, spines up to 2-6 cm long with pointed tips, pinkish when tender then white when fresh then becomes yellowish to yellowish-brown as it matures. Flesh: Whitish and tough. Spore Print: White.

Comments: Of the three Hericiums, H. erinaceus is the most recognizable with a rounded fruiting body composed of pendant, long, slender and white to creamy teeth. Close relatives include Hericium abietis which has a compact branching structure with shorter clustered teeth and Hericium ramosum, sparsely branched with short teeth that tend to be arranged in rows.