Meripilus sumstinei
Meripilus sumstinei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Meripilaceae |
Genus: | Meripilus |
Species: | M. sumstinei |
Binomial name | |
Meripilus sumstinei (Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Meripilus sumstinei, commonly known as the giant polypore or the black-staining polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Meripilaceae. Originally described in 1905 by William Alphonso Murrill as Grifola sumstinei, it was transferred to Meripilus in 1988.[1] It is found in North America, where it grows in large clumps on the ground around the base of oak trees and tree stumps. The mushroom is edible.[2]
References
- 1 2 "GSD Species Synonymy: Meripilus sumstinei (Murrill) M.J. Larsen & Lombard, Mycologia 80(5): 615 (1988)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ↑ Russell B. (2010). Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. Penn State Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-271-04526-9.
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