Shelf fungus with a vengeance

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Olympusman
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Shelf fungus with a vengeance

Post by Olympusman »

My wife spotted this one for me. Nice to have a spouse that appreciates a fungus among us.
This tree appears to be very severely infected as you can see from the "sprouts" arising toward the top.

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I broke one of these shelves off and it was soft, almost like a Portabello.

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Post by Beatsy »

Nice set. I thought it was "Chicken of the Woods" too. Edible, but nothing special. But don't go eating it on my say so! I have trouble identifying things to order-level, never mind genus or species :D

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Post by Chris S. »

Saul wrote:Is this Laetiporus sulphureus?
No question, yes. As Steve said, aka "chicken of the woods."

I find specimens growing on hardwoods to be quite tasty, if picked very young (this specimen is too old to eat, IMO).

That tree is a goner, BTW. Oak?

--Chris S.

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