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Maureen

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Unfortunately, I don't have a picture.  I found a mushroom yesterday, approximately 5" around, growing out of a dead tree...approx 4 ft from the ground.  It is snow white, inside and out, and has a marshmallow texture inside.  It does not have tendrils/teeth/spines.  I thought it might be a lion's mane, but the absence of tendrils seems to rule that out.  It does have visible pores.  Any ideas on what it might be?  Thanks.  

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UPDATE:   The mushroom I found on Nov 13.  showed no visible teeth/tendrils/spines to identify it as a "lion's mane" (Hericium erinaceus) mushroom.  I cut that mushroom off the tree trunk to examine it, but when I couldn't positively identify it I forgot about it.  Yesterday, to my surprise, in that exact spot I found an 8" by 8" mushroom complete with the teeth of a lion's mane.   What I don't understand is why the original had no spines, but when it grew back it came with all the identifying features of Hericium erinaceus.  Can anyone explain this for me?  

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This is the only mushroom I found.  Everything else seems to be dried up, or picked off by slugs, etc.   Not sure why this particular mushroom would grow back, and even grow bigger this time around.  I did however leave a small chunk on the tree when I first cut it off so that must be the key to its regrowth?   Daytime temps are in the 50's, but nights are in the 30's.  

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Without having a reasonable idea about what type of mushroom was growing on the tree a few weeks ago --not to mention that there are no photos of the mushroom recently found in this same spot-- IMO there's little hope of having meaningful discussion about either the identities of these mushrooms or their relationship to one another. I am not aware of anything in particular about the growth habit of Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) that relates to your experience, Maureen. If there was a Hericium mushroom that regrew a few weeks after being cut, then that would be an interesting thing to see photo-documented. 

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