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Chicken of the wood

Habitat:

Wood land

Notes:

Saprophytic at the base of an oak. Cross checked and double referenced normally not a saprophyte but there are exceptions

1 Species ID Suggestions

dlebauer
dlebauer 11 years ago
Chicken of the woods
Laetiporus sulphureus


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2 Comments

dlebauer
dlebauer 11 years ago

Not a chanterelle. Was it growing on wood or out of the ground? Did the underside have gill-like ridges or was it a fairly smooth surface with tiny pores?

btlounsbury
Spotted by
btlounsbury

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Spotted on Sep 7, 2012
Submitted on Sep 9, 2012

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