page_title: Laetiporus
section_title: Phylogenetics
hierarchical_section_title: Laetiporus / Phylogenetics
caption_attribution_description: Laetiporus cincinnatus ((Morgan) Burdsall, Banik, &amp; Volk) Location: Strouds Run State Park, Athens, Ohio, USA Notes: I did not get a shot, but the pores were whitish rather than yellow.Laetiporus cincinnatus is the correct name according to Tom Volk&#8217;s web site.http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jul2001.htmlHowever, Lincoff calls it Laetiporus sulphureus var. semialbinus in the National Audubon field guide.Laetiporus cincinnatus and Laetiporus sulphureus var. semialbinus are synonyms.
context_page_description: Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world. Some species, especially Laetiporus sulphureus, are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mushroom, or the chicken fungus because many think they taste like chicken. The name "chicken of the woods" is not to be confused with another edible polypore, Maitake known as "hen of the woods", or with Lyophyllum decastes, known as the "fried chicken mushroom". The name Laetiporus means "with bright pores".
context_section_description: Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, nuclear large subunit and mitochondrial small subunit rDNA sequences from a variety of North American species have delineated five distinct clades within the core Laetiporus clade: sulphureus clade I contains white-pored L. sulphureus isolates, while sulphureus clade II contains yellow-pored L. sulphureus isolates.
  In addition, phylogenetic clades have been identified from Japan, Hawaii, South America, Europe, and South Africa.
caption: L. cincinnatus, Ohio, US
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