Isn't She Lovely?!? Laetiporous Gilbertsonii o Laetiporous Sulphureus?

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Commonly known as "chicken of the woods," this fungus is one of the most well-known edibles. She's fairly easy to distinguish from other fungi with her distinct coloring, quite tasty to consume and has a firm texture that makes cooking her up nicely, a breeze. Some people have reported gastointestinal distress and even hallucinations after purportedly consuming this variety. It may also be that they consumed a morphologically similar species, which was mildly toxic, having confused it with Laetiporous sulphureus. This example I photographed in Uruguay, where it is categorized as "sulphuereus." However my research reveals that those growing on eucalyptus trees as was this beauty, are called "gilbertsonii."

As Hippocrates is quoted, "Let food be thy medicine, medicine thy food." It feels deliciously ironic that it is considered by some people to be a plague because it can present as parasitic in the devastating monoculture of eucaplyptus perpetuated by human-presenting plagues. Perhaps it is medicinal in that way as well. Like the texture of her flesh once she's paled past fresh, tough to swallow. So abundant is the information available on the palatablity of and recipes for these fungi, that I will not go into that at all here.

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As I see it, this is one of the most gorgeous photographs I've ever grabbed. So, I made only this one. Everything about it makes me feel happy: from the nibbled leaves and the embrace between the vine and mushroom, to the light and contrasts. (That is Madre Selva vine or honeysuckle, by the way.)

This mushroom is said to have a general immunomodulatory effect on humans, to be useful in controlling diabetes, antimicrobial and fights overgrowth of candida albicans in the human gut, antiviral, nutritious and delicious. There is a great deal of ongoing medical research into fungi nowadays and I will link a few studies of particular interest:

Usefulness In Controlling Diabetes

Mentioned briefly here and to vastly oversimplify - potential activity against viruses such as covid and also cancers, this paper discusses a number of other food/medicines and medicinal foods. It is worth the read -

anti-inflamatory properties -

Happy Fungi Friday! Thanks @ewkaw ;)

versión en español:

Comúnmente conocido como «pollo de los bosques», este hongo es uno de los comestibles más conocidos. Es bastante fácil de distinguir de otros hongos por su coloración distintiva, bastante sabroso de consumir y tiene una textura firme que hace que cocinarlo bien, sea pan comido. Algunas personas han informado de molestias gastrointestinales e incluso alucinaciones tras consumir supuestamente esta variedad. También puede ser que consumieran una especie morfológicamente similar, que era media tóxica, habiéndola confundido con Laetiporous sulphureus. Este ejemplar lo fotografié en Uruguay, donde está catalogado como «sulphuereus». Sin embargo, mis investigaciones revelan que las que crecen en eucaliptos, como esta belleza, se llaman «gilbertsonii».

Como cita Hipócrates: «Que el alimento sea tu medicina, la medicina tu alimento». Resulta deliciosamente irónico que algunos la consideren una plaga porque puede presentarse como parásita en el devastador monocultivo de eucaplyptus perpetuado por los pestuosos hombres. Capaz que sea medicinal en ese sentido tambien. Como la textura de su carne una vez pasada la frescura, esta difícil de tragar. Es tan abundante la información disponible sobre la palatabilidad y las recetas de estos hongos, que no entraré en ello aca.

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A mi perspectiva, ésta es una de las fotografías más hermosas que he tomado. Así que sólo hice ésta una. Todo en ella me hace sentir feliz: desde las hojas mordisqueadas y el abrazo entre la enredadera y la seta, hasta la luz y los contrastes. (Las hojas son de Madre Selva).

Se dice que este hongo tiene un efecto inmunomodulador general en los humanos, que es útil para controlar la diabetes, antimicrobiano y combate el crecimiento excesivo de candida albicans en el intestino humano, antiviral, nutritivo y delicioso. En la actualidad se están llevando a cabo numerosas investigaciones médicas sobre los hongos, por lo que voy a enlazar algunos estudios de especial interés:

Utilidad en control de la diabetes

Mencionado brevemente aca y para simplificar demasiado - actividad potencial contra virus como el cóvido y también cánceres, este documento trata de una serie de otros alimentos medicinales. Vale la pena leerlo.

propiedades antiinflamatorias -

Feliz Fungi Friday! Besos

hice esta fotografía. yo escribí este texto. DeepL me ayudó a componer la copia en español



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How great to know that it is an edible mushroom, and that it can also be used for many other purposes.
I have never seen chicken bisque mushroom personally @melibee thank you very much for sharing these beautiful photographs with us

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Thanks @miprimerconcurso...I hope you'll get to try them someday. un besote

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Yes, she/it is. Btw it is edible and one of the most tasty/delicious species, nature created for us xD

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Oh yeah. We let this very one grow some more bracts and then harvested a couple to eat. ;)

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