LTuck Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Very new to this, I’m thinking this is chicken of the woods or sulphur shelf. My reservation was that it was kind of hard/brittle on the surface. Underside isn’t gilled and bright yellow, found in west TN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rondayvous Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Doesn't look like chicken and if it were it wouldn't have a hard brittle surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Falcone Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Looks to me like old dried out Laetiporus sulphureus. Too old to consume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTuck Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 I was thinking that whatever it was, it was definitely old and dried out on the top. Some of the lower pieces were spongey still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Does look a bit unusual for Laetiporus... large somewhat concave fronds. And the mention of hard/brittle surface seems wrong. But, I can't think of any other ID proposal that fits. Species of Picipes are vaguely similar. But the bright yellow undersides really point toward Laetiporus. As has been suggested, maybe this one dried out in situ instead of progressing to decay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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