Grifola frondosa

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q1165686
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Summary

Grifola frondosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,571 views/month, #1,352 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: cultivated mushroom[3], edible mushroom[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • Parent taxon: Grifola[6]
  • Taxon name: Grifola frondosa[7]
  • Commons category: Grifola frondosa[8]
  • Has basionym: Boletus frondosus[9]
  • Hymenium type: pores[10]
  • Mushroom cap shape: offset mushroom cap[11]
  • Hymenium attachment: decurrent hymenium attachment[12]
  • Stipe character: bare stipe[13]
  • Spore print color: white[14]
  • Mushroom ecological type: parasitism[15]
  • Edibility: choice mushroom[16], medicinal mushrooms[17], edible mushroom[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grifola frondosa[19]
  • Commons gallery: Grifola frondosa[20]
  • Taxon synonym: Boletus intybaceus[21], Boletus frondosus[22], Boletus cristatus var. floriformis[23], Agaricus frondosus[24], Polyporus albicans[25], Polyporus barrelieri[26], Polyporus frondosus var. albus[27], Grifola albicans[28]
  • This taxon is source of: maitake polysaccharide[29], maitake[30]
  • Short name: G. frondosa[31]
  • Taxon common name: iar y coed[32], hen-of-the-woods; ram's head; sheep's head[33], polypore en touffe; poule des bois[34], maitake マイタケ (舞茸)[35], 灰树花[36], Eikhaas[37], trsnatec lupenitý[38], koppelokääpä[39], грыб-баран[40]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/13052670-n[41], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/112988150-n[42]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: near threatened[43]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[44]
  • Taxon author citation: (Dicks.) Gray[45]
  • Color produced: yellow[46]

Body

Identifiers

Grifola frondosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53714[47]. Grifola frondosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5627[48]. Grifola frondosa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 196141[49]. Grifola frondosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2540800[50].

Why It Matters

Grifola frondosa has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Datenbank der Pilze Deutschlands. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [48] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Die Positivliste der Speisepilze (Stand: 20.06.2019). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  18. [49] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [50] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . Search System of Japanese Red Data. wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  38. [37] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [38] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [39] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [45] ↑ . Australian Fungi ID. wikidata.org.
  48. [46] ↑ . mushroom-collecting.com. mushroom-collecting.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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