Grifola

Grifola
Grifola frondosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meripilaceae
Genus: Grifola
Gray (1821)
Type species
Grifola frondosa
(Dicks.) Gray (1821)
Species
  • G. acanthoides
  • G. amazonica
  • G. armeniaca
  • G. colensoi
  • G. frondosa
  • G. gargal
  • G. platypora
  • G. rosularis
  • G. sordulenta
Synonyms[1]
  • Polyporus trF. Merisma Fr. (1821)
  • Polypilus P.Karst. (1881)
  • Cladodendron Lázaro Ibiza (1917)
  • Cautinia Maas Geest. (1967)

Grifola is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae, which includes some edible fungi such as Grifola frondosa, commonly known as hen-of-the-woods (or Maitake in Japan); not to be confused with Laetiporus sulphureus, known among English speakers as chicken of the woods. The genus was circumscribed by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Grifola Gray 1821". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  2. ↑ Gray SF. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants 1. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 643.

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