Where music dwells
Lingering and wandering on as loth to die,
Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof
That they were born for immortality.
WORDSWORTH: _Ecclesiastical Sonnets,_ Pt. iii., xliii.


Hericium coralloides

Hericium coralloides is easily identifiable by its massive displays of pendulus spines. The fungus can be more than 400mms across and is found in places like the uypper parts of the Williams River in northern NSW, usually near Nothofagus (Antarctic beech) trees.

 
Hericium coralloides

- Hericium coralloides on underside of fallen log, Rocky Crossing Walk, Williams River, Northern NSW, March 2003

Hericium coralloides

- Hericium coralloides on underside of fallen log, Rocky Crossing Walk, Williams River, Northern NSW, March 2003