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Chicken of the Woods

Laetiporus cincinnatus

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Field Notes

Description:

Bracket fungus, heavy sulfur content, edible when young. Tastes like chicken, thus the name.

Habitat:

Grows on deciduous trees, eats the heartwood of its hosts.

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Laetiporus

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Fungus in America
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PublishedMarch 7, 2012

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