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Hen of the Woods

Grifola frondosa

Photo by Ron Rockwell
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Field Notes

Description:

Got quite large, at least 30-inch diameter, before turning black and shriveling up.

Habitat:

Hilly, wooded, lawn on clay soil.

Notes:

There were three or four of these scattered around the yard, mostly above rotted tree stumps. Did not recur this year.

Thank you colbyhenderson45 for the ID!

Species ID Suggestions

Maitake

Grifola frondosa
colbyhenderson45
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PublishedJune 20, 2016

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