Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus sumstinei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Grifola sumstinei Murrill (1904)
  • Polyporus sumstinei (Murrill) Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1905)
  • Polypilus sumstinei (Murrill) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)

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]

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