Laetiporus
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Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world. Some species, especially Laetiporus sulphureus, are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mus
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Laetiporus sp. from Anamalai Hills, Southern Western Ghats, India
L. cincinnatus, Ohio
L. cincinnatus in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York in October 2012
Lyophyllum decastes
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Lyophyllum decastes is a species of fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. It is known as the clustered domecap in the United Kingdom and the fried chicken mushroom in North America. The basidiocarps are
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…chicken of the woods" is not to be confused with another edible polypore, Maitake (Grifola frondosa) known as "hen of the woods/rams head" or with Lyophyllum decastes, known as the "fried chicken mushroom". Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, nuclear large subunit and mitochondrial small subunit rDNA sequences from a variety…
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