Kiʻi a me ka wehewehe ʻana o Meripilus giant (Meripilus giganteus).

Pilikia Meripilus (Meripilus giganteus)

He halo waho nani loa e ulu maʻamau ma ke aʻa o nā lāʻau deciduous.

Hana ʻia ke kino hua i nā pāpale he nui, i mālama ʻia ma lalo ma kahi kumu maʻamau.

Hulu wiwi loa ka meripilus, he mau unahi liilii paha ma ka ili. I ka hoʻopā - velvety iki. ʻO ka laulā kala - mai kahi ʻulaʻula a hiki i ka ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻeleʻele. Aia kekahi mau ʻāpana concentric, notches. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pāpale, he ʻano ʻaleʻale ko ka pāpale, ʻoiai he ʻōniʻoniʻo iki.

mau wāwae no laila, ʻaʻole, paʻa nā pāpale ma kahi kumu ʻole.

Pulp keʻokeʻo ʻaʻahu, he ʻono iki. Ke haki i ka lewa, loaʻa koke i ka ʻulaʻula, a laila ʻeleʻele.

ʻO ka mea ʻokoʻa, ua like nā pāpale me nā papa semicircular, aia paʻa loa kekahi i kekahi. Ma keʻano laulā, hiki i ka nui o ke kino hua i nā ʻano nui o ka meripilus nunui hiki ke hiki i 25-30 kg.

Nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa keʻokeʻo.

No ka ʻano o nā ʻano mea ʻai, akā ʻo ka meripilus ʻōpio wale nō i ʻōlelo ʻia no ka ʻai, no ka mea he ʻiʻo palupalu a palupalu.

Ke ulu nei mai Iune a i ka hopena o ka hāʻule. ʻO nā wahi maʻamau o ka ulu ʻana ʻo nā aʻa o nā lāʻau deciduous (ʻoi aku ka beech a me ka ʻoka).