[Closed] Name this fungus! 🍄

Chicken of the Woods/Sulphur Shelf? Lucky if so* I’m (again) on a mission this year to find a specimen and get some in the pan

*verify independently if plan to consume it!

https://themushroomforager.com/category/chicken-of-the-woods/

Oh, could be mate, certainly looks similar to the pic you link to.

I will name it George.

Whatever the name, it votes Lib Dem for sure.👍

I love foraging mushrooms, and riding in the woods is a great way to spot them and learn about them, but seriously.. please don't eat mushrooms when you don't know what they are, not even a bit, many are inedible raw like chicken of the woods and you may be lucky this time, but if you get it wrong, one bite could be enough to see you needing a liver transplant/agony/death...

Spot on mate and rest assured I didn't even touch it let alone eat any.👍

Was a poor attempt so glib humour.

So, is it likely to be chicken of the woods @puffballs?

Glad you will probably live 🙂

Need a closer clearer photo to properly identify, and a photo of the underneath to look see if there are pores/gills.
I wouldn't like to make even an educated guess from that photo, you have to be sure about these things.

At, that's the only pic I took unfortunately.

If I pass again I'll take a few more detailed pics, thanks for the info though, amazing things to see. Reminded me of the movie Monsters if you've seen it? Lol

+1 for chicken of the woods, went past some fresh ones exactly like that on Sunday. That looks like an oak or sweet chestnut stump which would also fit.

The other one that can look similar and grow on stumps is giant polypore, Meripilus giganteus.

This is a good guide to any growing on trees:
http://www.tma-fungi.co.uk/

A good guide to what is edible here on mark williams galloway wild foods website

If in doubt, leave it out.

Applies particularly to gilled fungi, but there are some nasties in other families too, I believe.