Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Meripilaceae
Species: Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray
Synonyms: Boletus frondosus
Grifola frondosa f. intybacea
Grifola intybacea
Polyporus frondosus
Polyporus frondosus var. intybaceus
Common Name: Hen of the Woods
Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions.
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Grifola frondosaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (6)
Castanea sativa (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (5)
Stump (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (3)
October (14)
November (2)