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Chicken Mushrooms on an Old Coastal Douglas Fir Tree
Supposedly the edges of this fungus when cooked PROPERLY tastes like chicken. You first! Not to be confused with true L. sulphureus which does not occur west of the Rocky Mountains.
https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/chicken-mushroom-bull-laetiporus-conifericola.html
It was interesting to see these mushrooms sprouting all the way down to the base of this tree.
''Laetiporus conifericola'' is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is found in western North America ranging from California to Alaska, where it grows as a plant pathogen on conifer trees, particularly fir, spruce, and hemolock. Fruit bodies of the fungus comprise overlapping pore-bearing plates, measuring collectively up to 25 cm wide, 15 cm deep, and 3 cm thick. Their color ranges from bright orange to salmon orange on the upper surface of the cap and stipe, with.. more
