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Chicken Of The Woods
Chicken Of The Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus
Fungi
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Large
Diet
Decomposer
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Europe and North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Spores
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Chicken of the Woods erupts from dead or dying trees as vivid stacked shelves of sulphur-yellow and orange, often spanning half a metre across. Its dense, meaty flesh is a prized edible whose mild savory flavour genuinely mimics chicken.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    spore
    A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
  2. 2.
    mycelium
    A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
  3. 3.
    fruiting body
    A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Laetiporaceae
Genus
Laetiporus
Species
Laetiporus sulphureus