Sparassis spathulata

Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom

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Order: Polyporales
Family: Sparassidaceae

Mid-Atlantic emergence time: August

Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom is purportedly edible.




12 August 2013
Appalachian Trail near Middletown, MD
about 12 inches long and 6-7 inches high
     




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