Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.
Fruit body: up to 20 cm, branched, whitish to pale cream. Hymenial surface consists of regularly arranged spikes up to 1 cm.
Microscopy: spores ellipsoid to globose, almost smooth, amyloid, 3.5-4.5x3-3.5 µm
Flesh: fragile, whitish, slightly translucent, sweetish taste.
Habitat: on deciduous deadwood, mostly beech (Fagus).
Edibility: edible when young, although it is practically impossible to clean it from wood debris.
Reference: Uzelac, B. (2009). Gljive Srbije i zapadnog Balkana, BGV Logik,
Photo: Goran Milošević