Meripilus sumstinei

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]

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[1]
  • Grifola sumstinei Murrill (1904)
  • Polyporus sumstinei (Murrill) Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1905)
  • Polypilus sumstinei (Murrill) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)

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