Name:		Grifola Gray, (1821) page 643 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Merisma (Fr.) Gillet (1878) Polypilus P. Karst. (1881) Cladomeris Quél. (1886) Cladodendron Lázaro Ibiza (1916) Cautinia Maas Geest. (1967)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Meripilaceae Jülich [Family] Polyporales Gäum. [Order] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Grifola acanthoides (Bull.) Pilát Grifola albicans Imazeki Grifola armeniaca Corner Grifola badia (Pers.) Gray Grifola berkeleyi (Fr.) Murrill Grifola calceoliformis Gray Grifola campyla (Berk.) G. Cunn. Grifola castaneae (Bourdot & Galzin) Pilát Grifola colensoi (Berk.) G. Cunn. Grifola cristata (Schaeff.) Gray Grifola cristatiformis Murrill Grifola eos Corner Grifola fractipes (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill Grifola froggattii Grifola frondosa (J. Dicks.) Gray Grifola gargal Singer Grifola gigantea (Pers.) Pilát Grifola intybacea (Fr.) Imazeki Grifola kinabaluensis (Corner) T. Hatt. Grifola lentifrondosa Murrill Grifola lucida (Sowerby: Pers.) Gray Grifola mesenterica (Schaeff.) Murrill Grifola montana (Quél.) Pilát Grifola obducta (Berk.) Aoshima & H. Furuk. Grifola ossea (Kalchbr.) Pilát Grifola pacifica (Kauffman) Kauffman Grifola platypora Gray Grifola poripes (Fr.) Murrill Grifola ramosissima (Scop.) Murrill Grifola rosularis (G. Cunn.) G. Cunn. Grifola rosulata (G. Cunn.) G. Cunn. Grifola sordulenta (Mont.) Singer Grifola sulphurea (Bull.) Pilát Grifola sumstinei Murrill Grifola tuckahoe Güssow Grifola umbellata (Pers.) Pilát Grifola varia (Pers.) Gray
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (2 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]