Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken of The Wood
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<h5><em><center> Its fruit bodies grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches.
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<p dir="auto"><sub>It can be found growing on trees, mostly on Willow tree, but It can be found also on the other species. <em>Laetiporus is saprophyte and parasite causing rot in heartwood of trees on which it grows. It's edible when young.<br />
<sub>A specimen weighing 100 pounds (over 45 kg) was found in the New Forest, Hampshire, United Kingdom, on 15 October 1990.<br />
<sub>Because of the taste, many people think that the mushroom tastes like crab or lobster.<br />
<sub>The mushroom produces the Laetiporus sulphureus lectin (LSL) which has haemolytic and haemagglutination activities. Haemolytic lectins are sugar-binding proteins that lyse and agglutinate cells. The haemagglutination and haemolytic activity are started by binding carbohydrates.
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