Grifola

Grifola
	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)
Species
	G. acanthoides; G. amazonica; G. armeniaca; G. colensoi; G. frondosa; G. gargal; G. platypora; G. rosularis; G. sordulenta;
Synonyms
	Polyporus trF. Merisma Fr. (1821); Polypilus P.Karst. (1881); Cladodendron Lázaro Ibiza (1917); Cautinia Maas Geest. (1967);

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]

References

^ "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.