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]
| Grifola | |
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| Grifola frondosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meripilaceae |
| Genus: | Grifola Gray (1821) |
| Type species | |
| Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray (1821)
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References
edit- ^ "Grifola Gray 1821". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ Gray, S.F. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. Vol. 1. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 643.
External links
edit- "Grifola Gray". Atlas of Living Australia.
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