How to identify it?
Habit & Habitat
The species is saprobic and parasitic; it grows singly or in pairs on damaged or dead deciduous trees, often appearing on logs or growing on the injured living trees. Spore print white.
Photo By Richard Sullivan (enchplant) , used under CC-BY-SA-3.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Russulales Family
Tooth fungi Genus
monkey's head Species
Lion's Mane Mushroom