| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Basidiomycetes |
| Order: Polyporales | Family: Polyporaceae |
| Species: Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Bondartsev & Singer | |
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Boletus sphaerocephalus Boletus sulphureus Cerinomyces aurantiacus Ceriomyces aurantiacus Grifola sulphurea Polyporus sulphureus Polyporus sulphureus var. albolabyrinthiporus Ptychogaster aurantiacus Sporotrichum versisporum |
| Common Name: | Chicken of the Woods |
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Photographer: © Amelia Williams |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (8) Quercus petraea (3) Taxus baccata (3) Fagus sylvatica (1) Quercus robur (1) Salix alba (1) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed, plantation (5) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: mixed (1) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (11) Wood (3) Stump (2) Dead Wood (1) Log (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: April (3) May (4) July (1) August (5) September (7) October (1) |
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