Is this Chicken of the Woods

[Jimbob McGinty]

found me some fungus today, growing on a dead log in a deciduous woodland. Can anyone confirm it is Chicken of The Woods?

 

It is juicy exuding clear liquid when pressed and has a consistency similar to that of chicken. but I'd like to be sure what it is before I cook and eat it

 

Cheers

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

you have no chance of getting

 

A) an accurate Ident with those

 

B) of having ANYONE here in to commit you to a risky consumption!

[Jimbob McGinty]

they get bigger if you click them

 

If it aids identification, that is the whole bracket, about 4-6" across, it was growing solitary. above ground level, out of the raised end on an old fallen branch. I thought the orange-red underside quite distinctive and the top is sort of creamy / magnolia colour.

 

A probably / probably not would suffice - is there a sure-fire way of identifying sulphur polypore?

Edited August 28, 2012 by Jimbob McGinty
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[Jimbob McGinty]

ps have looked in other literature and a pics on this site and elsewhere - just can't quite match it.

 

If there's any doubt, there's no doubt so I won't stick it in a risotto!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

ps have looked in other literature and a pics on this site and elsewhere - just can't quite match it.

 

If there's any doubt, there's no doubt so I won't stick it in a risotto!

 

it is long past its best my friend!

 

i wont give you a certainty on those images, but your defo on the mark IMO:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

by the way, you have it the wrong way round, the yellow is upper, magnolia white lower!

[Jimbob McGinty]

thanks Tony, appreciated :-)

[slack ma girdle]

Did it look like this ?