Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus
Chicken of the Woods Identified
1 / 4
Alle Bilder (4)
Hauptmerkmale
- Overlapping fan-shaped brackets
- Bright orange upper surface
- Sulfur-yellow pore surface (no gills)
- Pliable
- fleshy texture when young
- Grows directly from wood
Farbe:
Orange cap, sulfur-yellow underside, yellow-white margins
Geruch:
Mildly mushroomy or lemony
Wuchsform:
Overlapping clusters
Umgebung:
Wood
Lebensraum & Verbreitung
Lebensraum:
Deciduous forest, typically on oak or chestnut
Verbreitung:
Global; common in North America and Europe
Saisonalität:
Summer to Autumn
Wirtschaftlicher Wert
Marktnachfrage:
High - widely sought by foragers and specialty chefs
Preisspanne:
$15-30/lb fresh
Kommerzielle Nutzung:
Culinary use in restaurants and farmers' markets
Ähnliche Arten
Tender Nesting Polypore
Hapalopilus nidulans
Hauptunterschiede:
- Smaller size
- Cinnamon to dull orange color
- Turns bright purple with ammonia
Jack-O'-Lantern
Omphalotus illudens
Hauptunterschiede:
- True gills present
- Central to eccentric stem
- Grows on buried wood or at tree base
White-pored Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus cincinnatus
Hauptunterschiede:
- White pore surface
- Often grows as a rosette from roots
Empfohlene Handlung
Identify host tree and monitor for scientific observation.