Laetiporus persicinus

Laetiporus persicinus

''Laetiporus persicinus'', commonly known as the white chicken mushroom, is an edible mushroom of the genus ''Laetiporus''. It is closely related to the chicken mushroom, or ''Laetiporus sulphureus''. ''Laetiporus persicinus'' has a salmon pink cap and white pores.
Laetiporus persicinus This is a picture of a Laetiporus persicinus on the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Fort Meade, Maryland. Geotagged,Laetiporus persicinus,Summer,United States

Naming

It was first described scientifically by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 as ''Polyporus persicinus''.

Distribution

It has been collected in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America, and South America.

Habitat

This mushroom grows on dead and living hardwood and softwood trees.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderPolyporales
FamilyFomitopsidaceae
GenusLaetiporus
SpeciesL. persicinus