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Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf

laetiporus gilbertsonii

The Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf is a bright orange-yellow mushroom that looks like a shelf growing on trees! Kids will love spotting these fun fungi in the forest.

Lebensraum: It lives on decaying hardwood trees in forests.

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The Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf has vibrant, overlapping fan-shaped shelves that are bright orange-yellow on top and pale yellow underneath. It lacks traditional gills, instead releasing spores from tiny pores, and often appears in dramatic, cascading clusters.

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Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf
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Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It's sometimes called 'chicken of the woods' because of its unique texture and taste!

Look closely! The underside is covered in tiny pores, not gills, for spore release.

This mushroom often grows so large it could cover your backpack!

You might find these bright shelves growing many feet up a tree trunk!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Wood Wrecking Wonder

Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf can digest tough wood because of powerful enzymes that help them recycle forest nutrients.

Fähigkeit

Spore Spray Station

Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf has a layered, shelf-like growth that helps them spread millions of spores wide.

Fähigkeit

Color Calling Card

Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf has brilliant, eye-catching colors that may signal its presence to hungry animals.

Maße und Details

Höhe
5-30 cm
Edibility
edible
Cap Diameter
10-60 cm
Wachstumssubstrat
wood
Saison
Sommer, Herbst
Sporenfarbe
White

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Laetiporus

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Always ask an adult before touching or eating wild mushrooms.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf?

5-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das edibility von Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf?

edible

Was ist der/die/das cap Diameter von Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf?

10-60 cm

Wo findet man Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf normalerweise?

It lives on decaying hardwood trees in forests.

Was ist der/die/das wachstumssubstrat von Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf?

wood

Was ist der/die/das saison von Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf?

Sommer, Herbst

Was ist der/die/das sporenfarbe von Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf?

White

Snap-Karte

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