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GRIFOLA FRONDOSA (DICKS.) GRAY, (HEN OF THE WOODS)



21 OCT 2000 AT OSGR: SU56 IN BERKS, ENGLAND

Classification: (where Grifola frondosa fits in the taxonomic hierarchy)

 * TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY:

 * Species: Grifola frondosa (Hen Of The Woods)
 * Family: MERIPILACEAE (giant polypores)
 * Order: POLYPORALES (polypores)
 * Subclass: AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
 * Class: AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
 * Subphylum: AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
 * Phylum: BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
 * Kingdom: FUNGI (true fungi)
 * Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
 * Life: BIOTA (living things)



 * GRIFOLA FRONDOSA IS ALSO A MEMBER OF:

 * Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
 * Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Record details: (where and when the photographed specimen was found)

Record Summaryat base of Oak Found asFruitbody Date21 October 2000 Associated
organismQuercus OS grid refOSGR: SU56 Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice
CountyBerks, VC no: 22 CountryEngland Voucher21 Oct 2000[B]
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Identification notes: (notes on the photographed specimen(s), and identification
literature used)

Notes:

Tongue-shaped lobes, flesh fibrous, tearing easily.

Smell: fungussy.

Spore print: white, non-amyloid.

Spores: 6-7/4-5µm, ovoid.



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