[NatureNS] Edibility of big polypores on oaks

Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:44:14 -0300
From: David Patriquin <patriqui@dal.ca>
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In response to Jane S:
Chicken of the Woods is considered hard to mistake IF it is taken from  
an oak, but confirm its features with descriptions from several  
sources, and try just a little initially. Yes I have eaten it from one  
I collected, but did so with caution as I am a relative novice.

Good advice about eating it at
http://www.zimbio.com/Wild+Mushrooms/articles/35/Chicken+Woods+Laetiporus+sulphureus

It is indicative of  decay of the heartwood; a tree may live on for  
many years with some hollowing out of the heartwood, OR it could  
topple in a storm!

Bondarzewia berkeleyi is apparenty a very aggressive pathogen (John Crabtree)
Edibility unknown, but there are reports that related species are edible.

Grifola frondosa: The Hen of the Woods usually found near the base of  
oaks, is edible.

Photos of all three on Halifax oaks at
http://versicolor.ca/mroom


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Sat, 29 Sep 2012
Hi, folks. there is an oak near our house that has several large  
colonies of orange fungi growing on it.  (The tree does not look  
healthy.)  They look like the internet images of either of the two you  
have mentioned.   I have three questions about these fungi:
1) Are there any poisonous look-alikes to these?
2) Have any of you eaten either?
3) Are they harming the tree?
Thanks.
Jane Schlosberg


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