Meripilus hofori (Meripilus giganteus)
- Chikamu: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kupatsanura: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kirasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (yenzvimbo isina chokwadi)
- Order: Polyporales (Polypore)
- Mhuri: Meripilaceae (Meripilaceae)
- Genus: Meripilus (Meripilus)
- Type: Meripilus giganteus (Giant meripilus)
Howa hwakanaka kwazvo hwekunze hunowanzomera pamidzi yemiti inodonha.
Muviri wemichero unoumbwa nemakapu akawanda, ayo anochengetwa pazasi pane imwechete nheyo.
Hondo iyo meripilus yakaonda kwazvo, panogona kunge paine zviyero zvidiki pamusoro. Kubata - zvishoma velvety. Rudzi rwemavara - kubva kune dzvuku tint kusvika kune brown uye brown. Kune zvakare concentric grooves, notches. Kumacheto, heti ine chimiro chewavy, ichikona zvishoma.
makumbo sekudaro, kwete, zvivharo zvakabatwa pane shapeless base.
Pulp white mushroom, ine zvishoma kutapira kuravira. Kana yakaputsika mumhepo, inokurumidza kuwana ruvara rutsvuku, uye yobva yasviba.
Iyo peculiarity ndeyekuti heti dzakafanana nesemicircular mahwendefa, anowanikwa zvakasimba kune imwe kune imwe. Kazhinji, kuwanda kwemuviri wemuchero mumienzaniso mikuru yegiant meripilus inogona kusvika 25-30 kg.
Kunetsana chena.
Iyo howa ndeyemhando yemhando dzinodyiwa, asi meripilus diki chete inokurudzirwa chikafu, sezvo iine nyama yakapfava uye ine nyoro.
Inokura kubva munaJune kusvika pakupera kwematsutso. Nzvimbo dzakajairika dzekukura ndiyo midzi yemiti inodonha (kunyanya beech uye oak).