Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus sumstinei
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
	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]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

Meripilus sumstinei in Index Fungorum

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[urlFungorum_synonymy:_Meripilus_sumstinei-1] "GSD Species Synonymy: Meripilus sumstinei (Murrill) M.J. Larsen & Lombard, Mycologia 80(5): 615 (1988)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-23.

[Russell_2010-2] 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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