Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus). A species of bracket fungus found in Europe, North America east of the Rocky Mountains, and parts of Asia.

Primarily found on oak, but also cherry, beech, chestnut and sometimes on conifers. These trees found with Chicken of the Woods growing on them are often dead or dying but the fungus is sometimes found on living trees as well. When the host tree contains toxins, as is sometimes the case, those toxins will be absorbed into that fungus making that fungus also toxic.

So many beautiful mushrooms. So many remarkable fungi. Such amazing colors right here on my mountain. So many marvelous things to be discovered.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

5 thoughts on “Chicken of the Woods”

    1. Orange is mighty plentiful right now. In the woods, leaves. In the woods, mushrooms. On the roads, cars! Hope no one has chosen to buy your mighty good looking pumpkin with wheels!

      Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
      Bren

  2. Fungi, the bridge between the living and the dead, biotic and abiotic. The magical kingdom, for every one you can eat there’s one that looks just like it that you shouldn’t consume. Gotta love me. I once saw a log with about 50+ pounds o Chicken mushrooms on it, a thing of beauty.

    1. Oh Ken, I do love your comments! AND that you seem to faithfully read my posts. I appreciate that. This blog post, of Chicken of the Woods, was inspired by my son finding Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms growing in his yard in ARLINGTON – the big “city”!! Beauty to be found everywhere. No matter where one is!

      Thanks so much for reading my posts!
      Bren

  3. quick comment, can’t change what I wrote but I didn’t write gotta love me, wrote gotta love em but the puter changed it around. hope it doesn’t do it again on this note.

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