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30-Jul-2023 Isabel

Did I luck out?

Complete novice at mushroom identification but this RESEMBLES chicken or hen of the woods, but I suspect it's something inedible. This was found in the woods behind my house. I don't go in them very often because it's very steep and poison ivy abounds.

It's been IDed as a black staining polypore. Not poisonous, but tough on the teeth. https://foragerchef.com/the-black-staining-polypore-meripilus-sumstinei/

Meripilus sumstinei (formerly M. giganteus)


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Helen Betts30-Jul-2023 19:26
Great find and capture of it.