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Chicken of the Woods


Chicken of the Woods
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Copyright: Catherine Dijon (CatherineD) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 431 W: 15 N: 1870] (6743)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-21
Categories: Fungi
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon EF 100 mm F2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: f/18.0, 1/13 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-11 12:17
Viewed: 390
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Laetiporus sulphureus
Family : Polyporaceae

Often called the "chicken of the woods," Laetiporus sulphurous is easily recognized by its colors, soft texture, and absence of gills. It is 5-60 cm broad, up to 4 cm thick; fan-shaped to obtusely semicircular; smooth to gently wrinkled; suedelike; bright yellow to bright orange when young, frequently fading in maturity and with direct sunlight.
Parasitic and saprobic; growing alone or, more typically, in large clusters on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods and conifers; summer and fall, rarely in winter and spring. The mushrooms do not appear until well after the fungus has attacked the tree; by the time the chickens appear, they are definitely coming home to roost, as far as the tree's health is concerned. (More info: Mushroomexpert)
The mushroom can be prepared in most ways that one can prepare chicken meat. It can also be used as a substitute for chicken in a vegetarian diet. However, a small percentage of people can have an allergic reaction when ingesting it. (Wikipedia)
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  • horias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 397 W: 59 N: 867] (4070)
  • [2009-08-11 12:24]

Catherine,
Wonderful capture this mushroom!
Great colors, good POV!
Congratulation!
Horia

hello Catherine
super picture with great composition and beautiful colours
greeting lou

Hi Catherine,

an nice presentation from these great fungi.
Beautiful natural colour and good pov.
Indeed they are with all the rain that falls allready there.
We are going to fungi season!

Gert

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 0 N: 1041] (5616)
  • [2009-08-11 12:38]

Very good photo of this mushroom, we are eating this species!

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-08-11 13:16]

Salut Catherine.Surement plus facile que capturer un papillon,mais je suis etonne' par la qualite' des couleurs.Vraiment magnifique,comme la prise de vue et la nettete'! Un petit cadeau pour nos amis HormonManyer...eehehhe....bonne nuit et merci,LUCIANO

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2009-08-11 16:28]

Hola Catherine.
Lovely colors of this Mushroom. Never seen before. Great photo well framed and very good note to.
Saludos
Luis52.

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4703)
  • [2009-08-11 23:41]

Hello Catherine,
This fungi appear in my countryside and I've also posted photo this species but didn't know its ID. Very interesting note. Your photo is very good , saturated colours, good sharpness.
Regards, Pawel

Bonjour Catherine,
Beautiful shot of beautiful specimens. Great compo, nice warm color tones and well chosen POV. Congrats and tfs.
It's edible when young, I tried it - we in Hungary used to eat it as "mushroom meat ball".
Best regards from Hungary, László

Hello Catherine,
Nice capture. Beautiful oker color that puts some light in the dark forest...
I was puzzled by your comment, but the caption explains it well. I would have never guessed that there are mushrooms that taste like chicken :) It also fits nicely on a hamburger bread ...
Kind Regards, Mike

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2413 W: 94 N: 5586] (17766)
  • [2009-08-12 7:06]

Hello Catherine,
Wonderful photo taken from a perfect POV. The light on the mushroom against the dark surroundings works very well here. Very beautiful! Excellent sharpness, details and OOF BG. Also a superb composition.
Regards,
Peter

Bonsoir Catherine.

Magnifique photographie de ce polypore accroché sur le tronc d'un arbre. Belle netteté et bons contrastes avec une composition de photographie très riche (le champignon en avant, sur le tronc de l'arbre, puis, en arrière, le magnifique sous-bois - "on s'y croirait").

Merci aussi pour la notice bien documentée et pour la référence sur la documentation "champignons" ; je la bookmark dans "delicious" (add-on de firefox, permettant de stocker tous les adresses de sites utiles et d'intérêt, et de les partager avec autrui).

A bientôt.

Philippe.

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