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Chicken of the woods

Laetiporus

Photo by BrendanMac
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Field Notes

Description:

Bright reddish porous mushroom starting at the base of this tree. The mushroom actually goes all the way to the middle of the tree about 15 feet up

Species ID Suggestions

Chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sp.

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Kyle A
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Comments (3)
Kyle A
Your welcome. Yes indeed, it's a very cool community. :)
BrendanMac
What an awesome community. Thanks for identifying!
Kyle A
Looks like chicken of the woods. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2014

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