Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill
(Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore)

Interactions where Laetiporus sulphureus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut			trunk	old tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech			trunk	old tree	Minor		(early summer to autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			trunk	old tree	Major		(early summer to autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			trunk	old tree	Major		(early summer to autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple			trunk	old tree			(early summer to autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Prunus avium cv	Ornamental Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/	Prunus avium cv	ornamental cherry			trunk	old tree	Major		(early summer to autumn)
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			trunk	old tree
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			trunk	old tree
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir			trunk	old tree	Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises trunk of old tree			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew			trunk	old tree	Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on trunk of old tree			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew			trunk	old tree	Minor

Interactions where Laetiporus sulphureus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
fruitbody		fruitbody may contain larva			Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle	Coleoptera: Ciidae	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore			fruitbody					larva feeds within fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact	Biological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Laetiporus sulphureus is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kibby, G.	2014	Laetiporus sulphureus, Chicken of the Woods	Vol 15 (3) Page: Front cover
	Pearson, B.	2007	an exceptional fruiting of Chicken of the Woods	Vol 8 (3) Page: Front cover
Sporotrichum Anamorph
	Stalpers, J.A.	1984	A revision of the genus Sporotrichum	Stud. Mycol. No. 24.

Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Pegler, D.N. & Watling, R.	1982	British Toxic Fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 16 (1): 66-75.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore):

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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