Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus sumstinei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meripilaceae
Genus:	Meripilus
Species:	M. sumstinei
Binomial name
	Meripilus sumstinei; (Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988)
Synonyms
	Grifola sumstinei Murrill (1904); Polyporus sumstinei (Murrill) Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1905); Polypilus sumstinei (Murrill) Bondartsev & Singer (1941);

Meripilus sumstinei, commonly known as the giant polypore or the black-staining polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Meripilaceae. Originally described in 1905 by William Alphonso Murrill as Grifola sumstinei, it was transferred to Meripilus in 1988.^[1] It is found in North America, where it grows in large clumps on the ground around the base of oak trees and tree stumps. The mushroom is edible.^[2]

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