Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill

Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus. Its common names include 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.

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Synonyms 49
Agarico-carnis flammula, Agarico-pulpa styptica, Boletus caudicinus, Boletus citrinus, Boletus coriaceus, Boletus lingua-cervina, Boletus sulphureus, Calvatia versispora, Ceriomyces aurantiacus, Ceriomyces neumanii, Cladomeris casearius, Cladomeris sulphurea, Cladoporus sulphureus, Grifola sulphurea, Laetiporus cincinnatus, Laetiporus speciosus, Laetiporus versisporus, Leptoporus casearius, Leptoporus caudicinus, Leptoporus ramosus, Leptoporus sulphureus, Merisma sulphureum, Polypilus casearius, Polypilus caudicinus, Polypilus sulphureus, Polyporellus caudicinus, Polyporellus rubricus, Polyporus casearius, Polyporus caudicinus, Polyporus cincinnatus, Polyporus ramosus, Polyporus rubricus, Polyporus sulphureus, Polyporus todarii, Ptychogaster aurantiacus, Ptychogaster aureus, Ptychogaster versisporus, Sistotrema sulphureum, Sporotrichum versisporum, Tyromyces sulphureus, Cladomeris imbricata var. ramosa, Cladomeris sulphurea var. ramosa, Polyporus caudicinus var. todarii, Polyporus imbricatus var. ramosus, Polyporus sulphureus var. albolabyrinthiporus, Polyporus sulphureus var. cochlearius, Polyporus sulphureus var. glomeratus, Polyporus sulphureus var. overholtsii, Sistotrema sulphureum var. retigerum
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