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Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray, 1821 (Hen Of The Woods)

Date: 21 October 2000
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 21/10/2000[B]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: at base of Oak
Associated organism: at base of trunk of Quercus
Identification Notes: Tongue-shaped lobes, flesh fibrous, tearing easily.
Smell: fungussy.
Spore print: white, non-amyloid.
Spores: 6-7/4-5µm, ovoid.

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naked eye photograph In situ - showing underside 500 by 375 pixels
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magnified photograph Pores - close-up 500 by 400 pixels
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naked eye photograph Top view 500 by 375 pixels
naked eye photograph Underside - close-up 500 by 375 pixels
naked eye photograph Underside 500 by 375 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 461 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 15 Kb 223 by 202 pixels

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