Grifola | |
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Grifola frondosa | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Species | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]