Laetiporus persicinus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Laetiporaceae |
| Genus: | Laetiporus |
| Species: | L. persicinus
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| Laetiporus persicinus | |
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Laetiporus persicinus, commonly known as the white chicken mushroom, is a species of fungi in the genus Laetiporus.
Taxonomy
[edit]It was first described scientifically by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 as Polyporus persicinus.[2]
Description
[edit]Laetiporus persicinus has a salmon pink cap and white pores.[3] The cap is velvety and can be 10–25 centimetres (4–10 in) wide.[4] The stem tapers from the cap; it is 2–7 cm (1–3 in) long and 2–7 cm wide at the base. The flesh is whitish and stains brown in zones. The odor is mild or meaty, with a mild to poor taste.[4] The spore print is white.[4]
Similar species
[edit]It is closely related to L. sulphureus (the chicken mushroom).
It may resemble Phaeolus schweinitzii.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species has been collected in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Greenland, Iceland, North America, and South America.[5] In North America, it can be found in the eastern United States from June to September.[4]
It grows on the ground on dead and living hardwood and softwood trees.[6][4]
Edibility
[edit]Reports differ as to the species' edibility.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Laetiporus persicinus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Gilb. 1981". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ Berkeley, M.J.; Curtis, M.A. (1853). "Centuries of North American fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12 (2): 417–435. doi:10.1080/03745485709495068.
- ^ Bessette, Alan; Bessette, Arleen R.; Hopping, Michael W. (2018). A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 349. ISBN 9781469638539.
- ^ a b c d e f Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Ryvarden, L.; Johansen, I. (1980). A Preliminary Polypore Flora of East Africa. Synopsis Fungorum. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora A/S. ISBN 978-0-945345-14-5.
- ^ Russell, B. (2006). Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-271-02891-0.
- ^ "#191: Laetiporus persicinus". Fungus Fact Friday. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
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