Grifola frondosa

"Ram's Head" redirects here. For the shoe, see pigache. For locations with that name, see Ram Head. For the military skill badge, see Ram's Head Device. For the head of the male animal, see sheep.

Maitake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meripilaceae
Genus: Grifola
Species:
G. frondosa
Binomial name
Grifola frondosa
(Dicks.) Gray (1821)
Synonyms
  • Boletus frondosus Dicks. (1785)
  • Polyporus frondosus Fr.[1]
Grifola frondosa
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Pores on hymenium
Cap is offset or indistinct
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is parasitic
Edibility is choice

Grifola frondosa (also known as hen-of-the-woods, maitake (舞茸, "dancing mushroom") in Japanese, ram's head or sheep's head) is a polypore mushroom that grows at the base of trees, particularly old growth oaks or maples. It is typically found in late summer to early autumn. It is native to China, Europe, and North America.[2]

  1. ^ McIlvaine, Charles; Robert K. Macadam; and Robert L. Shaffer. 1973. One Thousand American Fungi. Dover Publications. New York. 729 pp. (Polyporus frondosus, pp. 482-483 & Plate CXXVIII.)
  2. ^ Meuninck, Jim (2015-06-01). Jim Meuninck - Basic Illustrated Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms, pp. 13-14, Rowman & Littlefield, 1 Jun 2015. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781493014682. Retrieved 27 April 2017.