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

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Grifola frondosa	Fruitbody	21 October 2000	Berks	England	8	4	3
Grifola frondosa	Fruitbody	21 September 1997	Berks	England		5

Suggested Literature

Grifola frondosa may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Grifola frondosa is associated with:

fruitbody	Ilex aquifolium - Holly (Aquifoliaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Corylus - hazels (Betulaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron (Ericaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (Fagaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Pyrus - pears (Rosaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Sorbus - whitebeams (Rosaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Cedrus - cedars (Pinaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Ilex aquifolium - Holly (Aquifoliaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Corylus - hazels (Betulaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron (Ericaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Pyrus - pears (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Sorbus - whitebeams (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Cedrus - cedars (Pinaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead root	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprobic]

Associated with Grifola frondosa:

Grifola frondosa may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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