Chicken of the woods - the showy fungi in Portugal
Here I am posting my first Fungi Friday photos!!
I must warn you that I am not a specialist in Fungi identification, but I am a mushroom lover who found an ally in iNaturalist to get some species identifications ;)
I get always pleased when I find some mushrooms in my field walks, but now I can photograph and ask the app for identification which may be validated by other iNat users and I get thrilled with that!!
Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken of the woods
I found this "Chicken of the woods on the past 27th July 2022 at Mata Nacional do Bussaco (Luso - Portugal).
It is a thick, fleshy bracket fungus, with a smooth, hairy appearance ranging from sulfur yellow (hence its specific epithet sulphureus) to dark orange.
| Family | Scientific name | Common names | Fruiting season | Habitat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polyporaceae | Laetiporus sulphureus | chicken of the woods, chicken mushroom, sulphur shelf, sulphur polypore | late spring to autumn | tree trunks in broadleaf woodland |
It is undoubtedly a very showy and interesting fungus
This fungus is a hardwood parasite and becomes saprobic on dead trees, mainly on oak trees. Laetiporus sulphureus may be found across Europe and North America and is characterized by growing in overlapping, shelving clusters.
If the upper surface is velvety, the underneath has a spongy structure consisting of tubes and micropores, through which the spores are expelled by gravity.
As you may have realized due to its common name (chicken of the woods), this fungus is edible and much appreciated in Germany and North America.
Some say only young specimens are edible, while older portions tend to be tough, unpalatable, and bug-infested, and thus should not be colected. Also, this mushroom should not be eaten raw.
The young mushrooms have bright yellows and oranges colors; in age they acquire whitish colors.
Chicken of the woods supports wildlife as some specialist beetles feed on its brackets, such as Pseudotriphyllus suturalis. Sometimes it is also eaten by deer.
Although Chicken of the woods consumption has a beneficial effect on human health, it is crucial to assure its correct identification because it can be confused with other toxic species.
This post is my contribution to #FungiFriday by @ewkaw :)
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They look like plush pillows. Did you actually eat any?
I missed this: Shooting a photo and write something about it. So thanks!!
If I tried this mushroom? Noooo! I forgot to mention that I'm too scared of that. But I can say someone in the group tasted it (raw!!) and he was ok after that.
It's probably hard to start again after some break.
I would like to try this one, if it's really like chickens. But I wouldn't trust myself. Someone else, that knows them for sure would have to pick it and eat it too :p
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It's a beautiful mushroom :) ... What do the toxic lookalikes look like???
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It seems there is this toxic Jack O'lantern Mushroom (Omphalotus olearius) that is similar in the orange color but instead of pores underneath it has true gills...and the top-notch character...this one glows in the dark!
I found that information here
https://curativemushrooms.com/chicken-of-the-woods-identification-look-alike
I think the glowing definitely makes that lookalike stand out 😲
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