Chicken of the Woods
Chicken of the Woods - Laetiporus sulphureus
Alternative names
Sulphur Polypore
Description
A large to very large polypore, growing in a cluster from a common stem. Individual caps are quite small, yellow to orange, with rounded to angular yellow pores, 3 - 4 per mm.
Recording advice
Photograph whole polypore cluster in habitat, photogrpah fertile surface; note host plant and substrate
Habitat
Deciduous trees, typically oak, also Prunus, Salix and other deciduous species
When to see it
July to October.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly common in Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020





