The "chicken-of-the-woods" is one of the largest fungi that grows naturally on Staten Island. With its bright orange and yellow colors, it is also one of the easiest to find and is rarely confused ...

Chicken of the woods (scientific name Laetiporus sulphureus) is a type of fungus that grows on and inside trees. When young, the fungus grows inside the tree and causes rot as it breaks down the ...

These edible mushrooms include morels (Morchella), shaggy mane or inky caps (Coprinus comatus), a particular species of the chicken mushroom or sulphur shelf (Laetiporus sulphureus) and puffballs ...

As per reports, Laetiporus sulphureus was first mentioned as Boletus sulphureus by French mycologist Pierre Bulliard in 1789. It is also called the chicken mushroom, and it grows from 2 to 20 ...

The mushroom Laetiporus sulphureus, dubbed “chicken of the woods,” grows across Ohio, most commonly on the base of oak, beech and cherry trees, according to the Ohio Department of Natural ...

Here a Laetiporus sulphureus mushroom grows on a tree in the National Park protected area of Bialowieza Forest. The rest is under the control of state-owned National Forest Holding.