Laetiporus cincinnatus

Common Name: Chicken of the Woods

Synonyms:

Substrate: Ground

Location: Hardwood Forests

Spore Color: White

Pore Color: White

Comments: 

A great edible that is very easy to identify. It grows in a rosette pattern at the base of trees, and has a bright orange upper surface with a while underside. 

Lookalikes:  

Laetiporus sulphureus is similar but it has a bright yellow underside and grows on downed wood.

Pictures:

9/24/12 - Paynetown SRA - Bloomington, IN

7/26/10 - Brown County State Park - Nashville, IN

Old dried up specimen.

9/13/12 - Yellowood State Forest - Nashville, IN