How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 5-25 cm across, fan-shaped; sulphur-yellow; surface spongy and smooth. Flesh 1-3 cm thick, soft and moist, white to pale yellow. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Pores
Undersurface bright to dull yellow, 3-4 pores per mm.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Shelf fungi Family
Bracket polypores Genus
Laetiporus Species
Chicken of the woods