Grifola

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
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)

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


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