Chinese scientific name: Hydrangea

Latin scientific name: Sparassia crispa (Wulf.) Fr.

Chinese alias: Hydrangea

Order: Nonhybridales

Family: Hydrangeaceae

Genus: Hydrangea

The fruiting body is medium to large in shape, fleshy, consisting of a stout Many branches sprout from the handle, and the ends of the branches form countless zigzag petals, shaped like a huge hydrangea, 10-40cm in diameter, white to dirty white or dirty yellow. The petals are like ginkgo leaves or fan-shaped, thin and curved edges, dark in color after drying, hard and brittle. Semen parenchyma grows on the valve. Spores are colorless, smooth, oval to spherical, 4-5μm×4-4.6μm. Ecological characteristics: Grows scatteredly in spruce, fir or pine forests and mixed forests in summer and autumn. The base of the stalk is root-like and connected to the roots of the tree.

Distribution area: It is mainly distributed in Antu, Fusong, Dunhua, Jingyu, Changbai and other forest areas in Jilin Province. The Dailing, Yichun, and Wuying forest areas in Heilongjiang Province and the Lijiang and Zhongdian forest areas in Yunnan Province, as well as overseas countries such as Japan, the United States, Canada, and Australia, have relatively sparse resource reserves.

Bamboo bird's nest is indeed a common name, but no one has studied its formation process yet. I think it is a fungus of the genus Hydrangea. Maybe there are other organisms besides Hydrangea fungi.