How to Identify Forest Mushrooms
Chicken of the Woods is a bright sulphur yellow fungus that consists of several philippine country code number thick, overlapping brackets. It grows throughout woodlands and even in towns and gardens. When young, the individual brackets are soft and spongy. They are scalloped and have wavy margins, meaning their caps have wavy edges. The upper surface is velvety, yellow-orange with partitioned edges, while the lower surface is yellow and full of pores.
Identification of Forest Chicken:
The outer layer of its cap is bright sulphur yellow when young and suede-like, later becoming leathery. It attaches directly to the bark of the host tree. The shape of the young mushroom is initially bud-like, later fan-shaped or bracket-shaped; sometimes growing alone, but more often in layered clusters. Fully mature examples may become huge.
This fungus can grow very large, sometimes up to half a meter in diameter, and there are usually a lot of them in one place. Especially when the tree (usually an oak) is about to die. Large groups or groups of chicken of the forest mushrooms can be found together. Sometimes on weak or dying trees. However, if you are lucky enough to find a huge example, don't get excited, because the larger they are, the less likely they are to be consumed.
The "flesh" of this mushroom is where it actually gets its name and is a great aid in identifying the mushroom.