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Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 37: 33 (1882)

Boletus giganteus Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 108 (1794)
Polyporus giganteus (Pers.) Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 1: 124 (1815)
Grifola gigantea (Pers.) Pilát, Beih. Botan. Centralbl. Abt. B 52: 35 (1934)

Habitat: Parasitic, then saprotrophic. Most frequently reported on large dead stumps or trunks of Fagus. Also known on Acer pseudoplatanus, Aesculus, Betula spp., Castanea, Crataegus sp., Ilex, Laurus nobilis, Platanus, Populus nigra, Prunus avium, Quercus spp., Robinia pseudoacacia, Sambucus nigra and Ulmus spp. Very rarely on conifers such as Cedrus, Picea and Pinus spp. A single collection from the floorboards of an old house.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 27276; Wales: K(M) 74541

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 220-221
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 316, pl. 402
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 171
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Meripilus - Tyromyces, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 2: 388-743 (1994), p. 395

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