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Lion's Mane Cultivation

Also known as Bearded Tooth Mushroom, Satyr's Beard, Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom, pom pom mushroom, Yamabushitake, or Monkey Head Mushroom Hericium erinaceus is an edible and medicinal mushroom belonging to the tooth fungus group. Native to North America, Europe and Asia it can be identified by its long spines (greater than 1 cm length), its appearance on hardwoods and its tendency to grow a single clump of dangling spines. In the wild, these mushrooms are common during late summer and fall on hardwoods, particularly American Beech.

• Cornell University: Lion's Mane: A New Candidate for Profitable Forest Mushroom Cultivation
• Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt: Cultivation of the Monkey Head Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) in Egypt
• Biotechnological Investigations of Hericium erinaceum Bag-Log Cultivation to Increase Yield
• Effects of Cultivation Techniques and Processing on Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Hericium erinaceus Extracts
• Cultivation of Culinary-Medicinal Lion's Mane Mushroom Hericium erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. (Aphyllophoromycetideae) on Substrate Containing Sunflower Seed Hulls

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