Boston Mycological Club
Chicken of the Woods (not a "Hen", a "Chicken")
The classic edible mushroom - although it's best to avoid serving this to groups of people, as there seem to be many individuals with idiosyncratic reactions to eating this mushroom. The pore surface is obviously yellow (not pale as in L. cincinatus), and the top surface is orange. It gets thin and tough in age, so don't let it get too old.
Bessette - Mushrooms of Northeastern North
America; page 386
Lincoff - Audubon Field Guide to North American
Mushrooms; page 468
Barron - Mushrooms of Northeast North America;
page 149
Kibby - Mushrooms and Other Fungi; page 167
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page
260
Arora - Mushrooms Demystified; page 572
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| Photographed (and collected) in Walpole, NH; 2001-09-08 |