Laetiporus sulphureus

It is closely related to the chicken mushroom, or Laetiporus sulphureus.

Laetiporus sulphureus is a saprophyte and causes brown cubical rot in the heartwood of trees on which it grows.

Laetiporus sulphureus (Sulphur shelf).

Laetiporus sulphureus is widely distributed across Europe and North America though may be restricted to east of the Rockies.

Recorded food includes Coriolus versicolor, Laetiporus sulphureus and Polyporus squamosus.

Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungus that grows on trees) found in Europe and North America.

G. frondosa should not be confused with Laetiporus sulphureus, another edible bracket fungus that is commonly called chicken of the woods or "sulphur shelf".

The mushroom produces the Laetiporus sulphureus lectin (LSL) which has haemolytic and haemagglutination activities.

Laetiporus sulphureus was first described as Boletus sulphureus by French mycologist Pierre Bulliard in 1789.

Some choice edible species (chanterelles, Amanita caesarea, Laetiporus sulphureus, etc.) are brightly colored, while most poisonous species are brown or white.

Some species, especially Laetiporus sulphureus, are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mushroom, or the chicken fungus because many think they taste like chicken.

Laetiporus sulphureus has potent ability to inhibit staph bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), as well as moderate ability to inhibit the growth of Bacillus subtilis.

Chicken and Oysters Among the edibles most likely to be found on Sunday's walk in South Mountain Reservation, according to the co-leader, Terry Hayes, is the yellow- or orange-tinted chicken mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus), which grows in "shelves" on logs or tree trunks.

Grifola is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae, which includes some edible fungi such as Grifola frondosa, commonly known as hen-of-the-woods (or Maitake in Japan); not to be confused with Laetiporus sulphureus, known among English speakers as chicken of the woods.

In the division Basidiomycota, it occurs in several members of the fungal family Boletaceae, the edible mushrooms Cantharellus cibarius, Volvariella volvacea, Pleurotus sajor-caju, Laetiporus sulphureus, and Suillus luteus, in the milk mushroom Lactarius hatsudake, and the coral fungus Ramaria botrytis.