Laetiporus sulphureus

Laetiporus sulphureus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Laetiporaceae
Genus:	Laetiporus
Species:	L. sulphureus
Binomial name
Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill (1920)
Synonyms
Species synonymy Agarico-carnis flammula Paulet, (1793) Agarico-pulpa styptica Paulet, (1793) Agaricus speciosus Battarra, (1755) Boletus citrinus Lumn., (1791) Boletus coriaceus Huds., (1778) Boletus imbricatus Bull., (1788) Boletus lingua-cervina Schrank, (1789) Boletus ramosus Bull., (1791) Boletus sulphureus Mérat, (1821) Boletus sulphureus Bull., (1789) Boletus tenax Bolton, (1788) Boletus tenax Lightf., (1778) Ceriomyces aurantiacus (Pat.) Sacc., (1888) Ceriomyces neumanii Bres., (1920) Cladomeris casearius (Fr.) Quél., (1886) Cladomeris imbricatus (Bull.) Quél., (1886) Cladoporus sulphureus (Bull.) Teixeira, (1986) Daedalea imbricata (Bull.) Purton, (1821) Grifola sulphurea (Bull.) Pilát, (1934) Laetiporus speciosus Battarra ex Murrill, (1904) Laetiporus sulphureus f. aurantiacus (Pat.) Bondartsev, (1953) Laetiporus sulphureus f. ramosus (Quél.) Bondartsev, (1953) Leptoporus casearius (Fr.) Quél., (1888) Leptoporus imbricatus (Bull.) Quél., (1888) Leptoporus ramosus (Bull.) Quél., (1888) Leptoporus sulphureus (Bull.) Quél.,(1888) Merisma imbricatum (Bull.) Gillet, (1878) Merisma sulphureus (Bull.) Gillet, (1878) Polypilus casearius (Fr.) P. Karst., (1882) Polypilus imbricatus (Bull.) P. Karst., (1882) Polypilus sulphureus (Bull.) P. Karst., (1881) Polyporellus rubricus (Berk.) P. Karst., (1880) Polyporus candicinus (Scop.) J. Schröt. Polyporus casearius Fr., Epicr. (1838) Polyporus cincinnatus Morgan, (1885) Polyporus imbricatus (Bull.) Fr., (1821) Polyporus ramosus (Bull.) Gray, (1821) Polyporus rostafinskii Blonski, (1888) Polyporus rubricus Berk., (1851) Polyporus sulphureus (Bull.) Fr., (1821) Polyporus todari Inzenga, (1866) Ptychogaster aurantiacus Pat., (1885) Ptychogaster aureus Lloyd, (1921) Sistotrema sulphureum (Bull.) Rebent., (1804) Stereum speciosum Fr., (1871) Sulphurina sulphurea (Quél.) Pilát, (1942) Tyromyces sulphureus (Bull.) Donk, (1933)

Species of fungus

Laetiporus sulphureus Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is flat
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
	Edibility is choice

Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungi that grow on trees) found in Europe and North America. Its common names are sulphur polypore, sulphur shelf, and chicken-of-the-woods. Its fruit bodies grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches. Old fruitbodies fade to pale beige or pale grey. The undersurface of the fruit body is made up of tubelike pores rather than gills.

Laetiporus sulphureus is a saprophyte and occasionally a weak parasite, causing brown cubical rot in the heartwood of trees on which it grows. Unlike many bracket fungi, it is edible when young, although adverse reactions have been reported.