Sulfur Shelf

Identification: Multiple clusters of yellow-orange shelves growing on
wood, soft, fl eshy when young, turning hard when mature

Season of fruiting: Summer-fall

Ecosystem function: Causes a brown cubical rot of living and dead
hardwood and conifer trees

Edibility: Edible when young

Fungal note: This fungus, also called chicken of the woods, is very
common on red oaks. A similar-looking species, L. cincinnatus, grows
on the roots of infected trees.