Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Laetiporaceae
Species: Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill

Synonyms:

Boletus caudicinus Boletus citrinus Boletus coriaceus Boletus ramosus Boletus sulphureus Calvatia versispora Cerinomyces aurantiacus Ceriomyces aurantiacus Chicken Of The Woods Cladoporus fulvus Grifola sulphurea Laetiporus sulphureus f. imbricatus Polyporus casearius Polyporus ceratoniae Polyporus ramosus Polyporus rostafinskii Polyporus sulphureus Polyporus sulphureus var. albolabyrinthiporus Polyporus todari Ptychogaster aurantiacus Sistotrema sulphureum Sporotrichum versisporum Stereum speciosum Ysgwydd Felen

Common Name:

Chicken of the Woods

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (10) Taxus baccata (5) Quercus robur (4) Quercus petraea (4) Castanea sativa (2) Larix (1) Salix alba (1) Pinopsida (1) Fagus sylvatica (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed, plantation (5) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (4) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (18) Wood (4) Stump (3) Dead Wood (2) Log (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) March (5) April (2) May (6) June (4) July (2) August (10) September (13) October (4)