Stats

Lifespan: A few weeks
Size: Large
Diet: Decomposer
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Eastern North America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Spores
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

A rosette of fan-shaped, salmon-to-orange shelves that grows from the base of oak trees or stumps rather than up the trunk, distinguished from other chicken of the woods species by its white to pale cream pore surface instead of bright yellow.

Life cycle

1.
spore
A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2.
mycelium
A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
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 cincinnatus