Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill
Synonyms: Boletus caudicinus
Boletus coriaceus
Boletus ramosus
Boletus sulphureus
Calvatia versispora
Cerinomyces aurantiacus
Ceriomyces aurantiacus
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
Common Name: Chicken of the Woods


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Laetiporus sulphureusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (10)
Taxus baccata (5)
Quercus petraea (4)
Quercus robur (2)
Pinopsida (1)
Larix (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Castanea sativa (1)
Salix alba (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3)
Woodland and scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (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 (5)
June (3)
July (2)
August (10)
September (13)
October (2)