Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Grifolaceae
Species: Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray

Synonyms:

Boletus elegans Boletus frondosus Grifola frondosa f. intybacea Grifola intybacea Hen Of The Woods Iar y Coed Polyporus barrelieri Polyporus frondosus Polyporus frondosus var. intybaceus Polyporus intybaceus

Common Name:

Hen of the Woods

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (8) Fagus sylvatica (2) Quercus petraea (1) Castanea sativa (1) Pinus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (7) Tree base (2) Wood (2) Dead Wood (1) Soil (1) Stump (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) March (5) September (5) October (15) November (4)