Fungus · Polyporaceae
Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus
Facts
- Habitat
- Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Yew and other veteran deciduous trees
- Substrate
- Parasitic/saprotrophic, hardwood heartwood
Ecological relationships
Grows on
A flagship oak-associated bracket fungus, parasitising the heartwood of mature and veteran trees. Its vivid sulphur-yellow fruiting bodies can weigh over 40 kg and are conspicuous from a distance.
