Polyporaceae

74 edible species

A family of shelf fungi and bracket fungi, including edible species like chicken of the woods.

Cymatoderma dendriticum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Cymatoderma elegans subsp. infundibuliforme

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Daedalea flavida

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Echinochaete brachypora

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Gargal

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Grifola gigantea

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Grifola umbellata

Umbrella polypore

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Laccocephalum mylittae

Native bread, Blackfellow’s Bread

Edible: Fungus

Laetiporus cincinnatus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Laetiporus gilbertsonii

Sulphur shelf, Chicken of the woods

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Laetiporus sulphureus

Chicken of the woods, Sulfur polypore, Sulphur shelf

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus araucariae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus brunneofloccosus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus citrinus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus conchatus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus connatus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus fasciatus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus nepalensis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus novae-zelandiae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus praerigidus

mushroom

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus prolifer

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus retinervis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus sajor-caju

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Lentinus sajor-caju var. sparsifolius

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus suffrutescens

Train-wrecker

Edible: Mushroom ?, Check edibility

Lentinus tephroleucus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus torulosus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus tuber-regium

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus umbrinus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lentinus velutinus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lenzites elegans

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lenzites vespaceus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Microporus affinis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Panus conchatus

Edible: Mushroom

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Panus giganteus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

mushroom

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Piptoporus betulinus

Birch polypore, Razor Strop fungus

Edible: Fungus

Pogonomyces hydnoides

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporellus picipes

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporellus squamosus

Black footed polyporus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus arcularius

Supa kinchir

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Polyporus badius

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus berkeleyi

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus betulinus

Edible: Mushroom

Polyporus blanchetianus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus brasiliensis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus croceoleucus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus dickinsii

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus farlowii

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus grammocephalus

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Polyporus indigenus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus moluccensis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus mylittae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus sanguineus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus sapurema

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Polyporus tenuiculus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus tricholoma

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus tumulosus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Edible: Mushroom

Polyporus umbellatus

Umbellate polypore

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Polyporus varius

Edible: Mushroom,Fungus

Polystictus sanguineus

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Polystictus versicolor

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Tickahoe, Indian bread, Fu ling, Hoelen, China root

Edible: Fungus

Trametes cubensis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Trametes hirsuta

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Trametes ochracea

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Trametes robiniophila

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Trametes versicolor

Many-colored polypore

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Trichaptum trichomallum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus