Chicken of the Woods

A common fungus found in North America and Europe. Apparently they are good for eating! Captured in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness Area, upper Michigan.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

They are great looking. I love fungi and their odd and diverse looks. The only problem is that I am severely lacking in knowledge. Identifying just one can take me an hour or more. Posted 11 years ago

eva vikman

Giant Tortoise

woah, those are some big clusters!
I've also heard they are tasty but have yet to try (although I love culinary mushrooms)
very cool Posted one year 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 travismorhardt