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Laetiporus sulphureus

Sulphur fungus rot

Description

Large shiny fruiting bodies are visible from a distance. The pileus surface is orange yellow; the porous underside is sulphur-yellow. The flesh is soft and crumbly, white to yellowish when dry. The mycelium causes brown prismatic rot of butts of living broadleaves and conifers, and also on tree stumps and dead trees and branches. White felt-like mycelial residues are striking in cracks of rotting and shriveling up wood. It is an edible fungus; in England known also as “forest chicken meat”.

Symptom

Presence of yellow fruiting bodies on deciduous trees.

Tree Species: Black Locust, Beech, Cherry, Oak, Maple, Lime, Horse Chestnut, Plum, Larch, Poplar, Willow

Part of a plant- attacked: Tree trunk

Pest significance: Harmful

Pest Category: Fungi

Invasive Species: No

Present in EU: Yes

Seasonal frequency of occurrence

Seasonal frequency of occurrence