Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus). A species of bracket fungus found in Europe, North America east of the Rocky Mountains, and parts of Asia.
Primarily found on oak, but also cherry, beech, chestnut and sometimes on conifers. These trees found with Chicken of the Woods growing on them are often dead or dying but the fungus is sometimes found on living trees as well. When the host tree contains toxins, as is sometimes the case, those toxins will be absorbed into that fungus making that fungus also toxic.
So many beautiful mushrooms. So many remarkable fungi. Such amazing colors right here on my mountain. So many marvelous things to be discovered.
5 responses to “Chicken of the Woods”
Love that orange! Guess I will pass from putting it on my pizza!
Orange is mighty plentiful right now. In the woods, leaves. In the woods, mushrooms. On the roads, cars! Hope no one has chosen to buy your mighty good looking pumpkin with wheels!
Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
Bren
Fungi, the bridge between the living and the dead, biotic and abiotic. The magical kingdom, for every one you can eat there’s one that looks just like it that you shouldn’t consume. Gotta love me. I once saw a log with about 50+ pounds o Chicken mushrooms on it, a thing of beauty.
Oh Ken, I do love your comments! AND that you seem to faithfully read my posts. I appreciate that. This blog post, of Chicken of the Woods, was inspired by my son finding Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms growing in his yard in ARLINGTON – the big “city”!! Beauty to be found everywhere. No matter where one is!
Thanks so much for reading my posts!
Bren
quick comment, can’t change what I wrote but I didn’t write gotta love me, wrote gotta love em but the puter changed it around. hope it doesn’t do it again on this note.