[Basidiomycetes of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore

Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken-of-the-Woods as seen at left on a stump along the Cinnamon Trail several miles southwest of Red Rock Pass, Gifford Pinchot National Forest..........September 28, 2014. The photo at right shows chicken-of-the-woods on a snag along the Thomas Lake Trail, Indian Heaven Wilderness......August 31, 2020.

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken-of-the-Woods as seen on a stump along the Cinnamon Trail several miles southwest of Red Rock Pass, Gifford Pinchot National Forest..........September 28, 2014.

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus

What appears to be chicken-of-the-woods as seen at left at the base of a stump in the blast zone along the Boundary Trail #1 near the Norway Pass trailhead, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........August 5, 2015. the photo at right shows chicken-of-the-woods on a stump next to the Green River Trail #213 near the Gifford Pinchot National Forest-Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument boundary.......September 4, 2019.

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken of the woods observed along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 on the west side of Sawtooth Mountain, Indian Heaven Wilderness.....September 26, 2022.

Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus - Calcified remains of Chicken-of-the-Woods, Chicken Polypore: Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken-of-the-woods (left) beginning to grow out from the end of a log on the ground as seen along the Blue Lake Horse Trail #237 to the east of Huckleberry Saddle, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument......August 17, 2021. The photo at right shows the calcified remains of the previous year's growth of chicken-of-the -woods as seen on a snag on Penny Ridge, Washington Department of Natural Resources lands west of BZ Corner, WA.....June 10, 2021.

Paul Slichter