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Trametes versicolor, a colorful bracket fungus, commonly known as turkey tail [4] A bracket fungus (Pycnoporus sp.) with a tough, woody cap The blushing bracket showing the red bruising, which is one identification characteristic [4] Laetiporus sulphureus Bracket fungus on tree in Tokyo, Japan. Because bracket fungi are defined by their growth ...
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.
Volvariella bombycina, commonly known as the silky volvariella, [2] silky sheath, silky rosegill, silver-silk straw mushroom, or tree mushroom, is a species of edible mushroom in the family Pluteaceae. The fruit body (mushroom) begins developing in a thin, egg-like sac.
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 mushroom, or the chicken fungus because it is often described as tasting like and having a texture similar to that of chicken meat.
The species is not edible when raw, needing to be cooked thoroughly. [25] A 100 g (3.5 oz) reference serving of dried fungus provides 1,500 kilojoules (370 kilocalories) of food energy, 10.6 g of protein, 0.2 g of fat, 65 g of carbohydrate, 5.8 g ash, and 0.03% mg of carotene. Fresh mushrooms contain about 90% moisture.
It is a saprotroph that acts as a primary decomposer of wood, especially deciduous trees, and beech trees in particular. [9] It is a white-rot wood-decay fungus. The standard oyster mushroom can grow in many places, but some other related species, such as the branched oyster mushroom, grow only on trees. They may be found all year round in the ...
Gyromitra esculenta / ˌ dʒ aɪ r oʊ ˈ m aɪ t r ə ˌ ɛ s k j ə ˈ l ɛ n t ə, ˌ dʒ ɪ r ə-/ [2] is an ascomycete fungus from the genus Gyromitra, widely distributed across Europe and North America. It normally fruits in sandy soils under coniferous trees in spring and early summer.
Tremella fuciformis is a species of fungus; it produces white, frond-like, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruiting bodies). It is widespread, especially in the tropics, where it can be found on the dead branches of broadleaf trees. This fungus is commercially cultivated and is one of the most popular fungi in the cuisine and medicine of China. [1]