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| General Information |
| Botanical name(s): Grifola frondosa |
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| Notes |
| Found mainly on broad leafed trees. Oak, Sweet
Chestnut. The fruiting bodies of this fungus form a clump of individual fronds which are
each stalked. They can resemble Meripulus giganteus in habit, but
Grifola has a grey/light brown colour with less pronounced radial zone markings. They can
also be easily identified from Meripulus by the fact that the white underside wont bruise
to black when pressed with a thumb, while Meripulus will. Its flesh is very soft and easily squashed. A number of identification books suggest its smell as being 'mousey'. Not being much of a mouse sniffer I cant comment but I found the underside smelling very strongly of 'mushroom' with the topside much less so. One of the following pictures shows a close up of the tube layer which is soft and 'juicy'. |
| Photographs by John Hearne | |
| Picture 1
(John Hearne)
These pictures show a clump of fronds growing at the base of an Oak tree located at Burley, Hampshire. |
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| Picture 2 (John Hearne) |
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| Picture 3 (John Hearne) |
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| Photographs by Chris Skellern | |
| Picture 1
(Chris
Skellern)
Growing on Oak. Poor photograph taken in low light conditions so the white undersides have responded too brightly to the flash!. |
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| Picture 2 (Chris Skellern) |
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| Picture 3 (Chris Skellern) |
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