Sulphur shelf fungi

What striking fungi for colour and form!

comments (3)

Christine Young

Lion

Wow, they were in nice condition! Posted 4 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
  Lion
  
  Hi Christine, I was assured these were good to eat as young...personally I didn't enjoy, for me it was like eating rubber soaked in butter (but don't tell the chef lol). I didn't get the association with chicken or crab at all. Perhaps they got it wrong and these were older and tougher than expected. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Haha, I think that is normal. I had a similar impression and you describe it perfectly as "rubber soaked in butter". But, I don't like mushrooms (to eat, at least!) and thus am not objective. Posted 4 years ago

The Chicken of the Woods

"Laetiporus sulphureus" is a species of bracket fungus found in Europe and North America. 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.

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Similar species: Polyporales

Species identified by Ruth Spigelman