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DESCRIPTION:
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Single to several overlapping clusters of orange or orange-yellow bracket shaped caps with sulfur-yellow pores. |
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FRUIT BODY:
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Initially small knob shaped, becoming shelf like protruding from the bark of living or dead trees. Caps overlapping in an irregular pattern, 2-12" (5-30 cm) wide fan shaped, sulfur-yellow to bright orange. Fading to tan or white in old age. |
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FERTILE SURFACE:
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Sulfur-yellow with small pores or tubes. Spore print white. |
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FLESH:
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0.4-2 cm thick, white to pale yellow; fibrous becoming stringy with age; leathery or woody in old age. |
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ODOR & TASTE:
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Slightly sour smell and sourish subacid taste. |
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HABITAT & SEASON:
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May-November; favors deciduous trees, found on stumps, trunks and logs or buried roots. It is a destructive parasite on living trees. |
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EDIBILITY / USES:
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Edible and choice. It is a good substitute for chicken. The young tender mushroom is excellent in soups, stews and casseroles. Older specimens are too tough and woody to eat. See recipes at this site. |
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OTHER NOTES:
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Some individuals may experience a mild allergic reaction when eating this mushroom. |
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