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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 mushroom, or the chicken fungus because it is often described as tasting like and having a texture similar to that of chicken meat.
Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid (gilled mushrooms) and are formed in large clusters on the ground. In the UK, Lyophyllum decastes has the recommended English name of clustered domecap; [1] in North America it is known as the fried chicken mushroom. [2] The species is cultivated for food in China and Japan.
Due to its taste, Laetiporus sulphureus has been called the chicken polypore and chicken-of-the-woods [11] (not to be confused with Grifola frondosa, the so-called hen-of-the-woods). Many people think that the mushroom tastes like crab or lobster leading to the nickname lobster-of-the-woods.
Laetiporus persicinus, commonly known as the white chicken mushroom, is an edible mushroom of the genus Laetiporus. It is closely related to the chicken mushroom, or Laetiporus sulphureus. Laetiporus persicinus has a salmon pink cap and white pores. [2] This mushroom grows on dead and living hardwood and softwood trees. [3]
Edible mushrooms are the fleshy fruit bodies of numerous species of macrofungi (fungi that bear fruiting structures large enough to be seen with the naked eye). Edibility may be defined by criteria including the absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. Mushrooms that have a particularly desirable taste are described ...
This is a very distinct mushroom except for its cousin, the black staining mushroom, which is similar in taste but rubbery. Edible species which look similar to Grifola frondosa include Meripilus sumstinei (which stains black), Sparassis spathulata [ 4 ] and Laetiporus sulphureus , another edible bracket fungus that is commonly called chicken ...
Suillus americanus is a species of fungus in the mushroom family Suillaceae.Commonly known as the chicken fat mushroom, American suillus, it grows in a mycorrhizal association with eastern white pine and is found where this tree occurs in eastern North America and China.
Chicken and mushroom pie is a common British pie, ranked as one of the most popular types of savoury pie in Great Britain and often served in fish-and-chip restaurants. [1] It is also very popular in South Africa .