Hen Of The Woods (Grifola frondosa)
Hen Of The Woods (Grifola frondosa)
Hen Of The Woods (Grifola frondosa)
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Hen Of The Woods

Grifola frondosa

Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Polyporales > Grifolaceae > Grifola


Field Characteristics:

#413

-Growing at the base of large Northern Red Oak tree in mixed oak/hickory woodland just above creek.

  • Cap consisting of an irregular rosette pattern of overlapping brownish-gray fronds, all fused at base. The colors are more pronounced on along the margins of each frond.
  • Hymenium white consisting of a network of small irregular shaped pores.
  • Stipe absent

Additional Details -Spore Print: white