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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae: Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill

Laetiporus sulphureus – chicken of the woods

Synonyms: Agaricus speciosus, Boletus amaricans, Boletus caudicinus, Boletus citrinus, Boletus coriaceus, Boletus lingua, Boletus ramosus, Boletus sulphureus, Boletus tenax, Calvatia versipora, Calvatia versispora, Ceriomyces aurantiacus, Ceriomyces neumanii, Cladomeris casearius, Cladomeris sulphurea, Cladoporus fulvus, Cladoporus ramosus, Cladoporus sulphureus, Cladosporus fulvus, Daedalea sulphurea, Grifola sulphurea, Laetiporus cincinnatus, Laetiporus speciosus, Laetiporus versisporus, Leptoporus casearius, Leptoporus imbricatus, Leptoporus ramosus, Leptoporus sulphureus, Merisma sulphureum, Polypilus casearius, Polypilus caudicinus, Polypilus sulphureus, Polyporellus caudicinus, Polyporellus rubricus, Polyporus casearius, Polyporus caudicinus, Polyporus ceratoniae, Polyporus cincinnatus, Polyporus citrinus, Polyporus ramosus, Polyporus rostafinskii, Polyporus rubricus, Polyporus sulphureus, Polyporus todarii, Ptychogaster aurantiacus, Ptychogaster aureus, Ptychogaster versisporus, Sistotrema sulphureum, Sporotrichum versisporum, Stereum speciosum, Sulphurina sulphurea, Tyromyces sulphureus.

Common names: chicken of the woods, Sulphur Shelf.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungi that grow on trees) found in Europe and North America. Its common names are crab-of-the-woods, sulphur polypore, sulphur shelf, and chicken-of-the-woods. Its fruit bodies grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches. Old fruitbodies fade to pale beige or pale grey. The undersurface of the fruit body is made up of tubelike pores rather than gills.

Belarusian: Летыпор серна-жоўты, Bulgarian: Сярна гъба, Corsican: Fungu castagninu, Croatian: Žuti kruh, Czech: Sírovec žlutooranžový, Dutch: Zwavelzwam, Esperanto: Sulfura poliporo, Finnish: Rikkikääpä, French: Polypore soufré, Georgian: ყვითელი აბედა, German: Gemeiner Schwefelporling, Hungarian: Sárga gévagomba, Lithuanian: Valgomoji geltonpintė, Norwegian: Svovelkjuke, Persian: قارچ تاقچه‌ای گوگردی, Polish: Żółciak siarkowy, Romanian: Găina de pădure, Russian: Трутовик серно-жёлтый, Serbian: Шумско пиле, Swedish: Svavelticka, Turkish: Kükürt mantarı, Ukrainian: Трутовик сірчано-жовтий.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Young chicken of the woods mushrooms (<B>Laetiporus sulphureus</B>) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-08-22.htm">August 22, 2020</A>
LinkYoung chicken of the woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Pore surface of chicken of the woods mushrooms (<B>Laetiporus sulphureus</B>) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-08-22.htm">August 22, 2020</A>
LinkPore surface of chicken of the woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Side view of chicken of the woods mushrooms (<B>Laetiporus sulphureus</B>) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-08-22.htm">August 22, 2020</A>
LinkSide view of chicken of the woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Cross section of chicken of the woods mushrooms (<B>Laetiporus sulphureus</B>) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-08-22.htm">August 22, 2020</A>
LinkCross section of chicken of the woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) or may be Piptoporellus soloniensis on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

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