🍄 Family

Sparassidaceae

4 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Polyporales › Sparassidaceae

Sparassis crispa is a large parasitic brown rot fungus that is a recognized edible when young and fresh.

Sparassis spathulata is a large, dome-shaped edible mushroom found in eastern North America from July to September.

Sparassis, the cauliflower mushroom, is a widespread, commercially cultivated genus of unique-shaped parasitic and saprobic mushrooms.

Sparassis brevipes is a cauliflower mushroom species from the globally distributed parasitic and saprobic Sparassis genus.

Related Families

Polyporaceae 56 species Fomitopsidaceae 12 species Meruliaceae 8 species Laetiporaceae 7 species Irpicaceae 6 species Phanerochaetaceae 6 species Incrustoporiaceae 4 species Meripilaceae 4 species

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