ID this fungi

Eric Frei

Went for a short bushwalk and spotted this great sample on a dead tree.

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windthrown

Looks cool. As for ID, I do not have any shroom books for down under. No idea...

Sean Freeman

My pick is Laetiporus sulphureus always tricky when only having pics to work off! Be nice to see the fruiting body cut through and a close up of the spores

quercus

Yup, that's sulphur shelf....

Tree Machine

Laetiporus sulphureus, for certain. This specie is edible and has a field name (gastronomically speaking) of Chicken of the Woods, not to be confused with the maitake, Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa).

The chicken name comes because, it tastes just like chicken, fried chicken to be most accurate. It kinda freaks you out, because you KNOW it's a mushroom, but every taste sensor says "Fried Chicken".


Best harvested when young. Just take the supple, younger parts of the fruitbody. The one shown above looks like the entirety of it is young and choice. Left alone, these things can get pretty big. They like cherry wood, but aren't real picky.

The picture doesn't show, but they are often hued on the underside, a kind of
fluorescent, neon lime electric green. Both visual and gustatory entertainment.

Late Summer is when they show up, generally speaking.

treeseer

treemachine, if you can make that whole thing taste good you are seasoning it up right much. i've tasted the edges and they are good. laetiporus here is often darker orange.

anyone seen the attached? Bondarzewia berkelyii bad rotter; i'm fighting it on a big oak right now.

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mdvaden

Sulphur shelf ... ?

Sure, why not. Not much in the way of look alikes. Although it does have it's variations.

It's one of my favorites to find in the forest.

Most often, the ones I find have a lot of bright orange. Texture-wise, they remind me of pancakes.

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