🍄 Family

Laetiporaceae

7 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Polyporales › Laetiporaceae

Laetiporus sulphureus, also called chicken-of-the-woods, is a widely distributed shelf fungus that is eaten after cooking.

Laetiporus conifericola is a North American conifer-dwelling polypore fungus, generally edible but may cause gastrointestinal upset in some people.

Laetiporus gilbertsonii is an edible polypore fungus found in North and South America that grows on hardwoods.

Laetiporus portentosus is a wood-decomposing shelf fungus with traditional fire starting and medicinal uses across Australia and New Zealand.

Laetiporus huroniensis is a polypore fungus found in the Great Lakes region of eastern North America, first published in 2001.

Laetiporus montanus is a brown rot fungus that grows on high elevation mature conifers, recorded in Europe and China.

Phaeolus schweinitzii, the dyer's polypore, is a rot-causing conifer pathogen used for natural dyeing, and it is not edible.

Related Families

Polyporaceae 56 species Fomitopsidaceae 12 species Meruliaceae 8 species Irpicaceae 6 species Phanerochaetaceae 6 species Incrustoporiaceae 4 species Meripilaceae 4 species Sparassidaceae 4 species

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