Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Hericiaceae
Genus: Hericium
General information
Common name(s): Lion's Mane Mushroom, Monkey's Head, Bearded Tooth Mushroom, Hedgehog Mushroom, Satyr's Beard, Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom, pom pom mushroom, Bearded Tooth Fungus, Yamabushi-take (Japanese for "Mountain-priest mushroom")´
Edibility: Edible
Distribution: This mushroom species can be found in the wild in North America, Europe, China and Japan
Description Hericium erinaceus fruiting body is composed of downward, cascading, non-forking spines that can reach up to 40 cm in diameter. Its colour is tipically white tending to brown or yellow, from the top to the bottom, when mature.
Natural habitat
This mushroom species grows on dying or dead oak, walnut, beech, maple, sycamore and other broad-leaf tree. It's found frequently on logs or stumps.
Use in medicine:- antioxidant effects
- may regulate blood lipid levels
- may reduce blood glucose levels
- treatment of gastric ulcers and esophageal carcinoma
- possible anti-dementia compounds
Preparation and cooking: Some people describe this mushroom flavour similar to lobster while others say that his flavour is reminiscent of egg-plant. Cut the mushrooms transverse to the spines, into dials, and cook them at high heat in canola (rape seed) oil until the moisture has been reduced and the dials are light golden brown. The addition of a small amount of butter near the end of the cooking cycle brings out the lobster flavor. You can also add garlic, onions and almonds.
Sources
- Stamets, Paul (2000). Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.
- "Hypoglycemic effect of extract of Hericium erinaceus". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- "Icons of Medicinal Fungi from China." Beijing: Science Press
- "Effect of an exo-polysaccharide from the culture broth of Hericium erinaceus on enhancement of growth and differentiation of rat adrenal nerve cells". Cytotechnology
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