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Vermont Students Pick Bear's Head Tooth as State Mushroom

Vermont Students Pick Bear's Head Tooth as State Mushroom

Bear’s Head Tooth

What they found

Vermont students chose Hericium americanum, Bear's Head Tooth, as the official state mushroom.

Vermont students chose Hericium americanum, Bear's Head Tooth, as the official state mushroom.

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At a glance

Latin name

Hericium Americanum

Hericium Americanum

Published in

Brattleboro Reformer (reformer.com)

Brattleboro Reformer (reformer.com)

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Growing gourmet

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: Vermont school students chose Hericium Americanum, aka the Bear’s Heard Tooth, as the official state mushroom.

: Vermont school students chose Hericium Americanum, aka the Bear’s Heard Tooth, as the official state mushroom.

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