Laetiporus persicinus (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Gilb. 1981

Scutiger persiciaus (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 30: 431. 1903.
Polyporus p€rsici7ius B^T^, & Curt. Grevillea 1 : 37. 1872.
Pilei confluent ; pileus soft, slightly elastic, pulvinate, often oblique, very thick, somewhat depressed, 10-25 cm. broad, 1-2 cm. thick; surface fulvous -brown, becoming purple at times, short-tomentose ; margin lobed or undulate, very obtuse : context white, with black lines marking the seasons of growth in dried specimens, wateryspongy, reddish, dark-purple in the cuticle in fresh specimens, fading to pale-lavender ; tubes decurrent, white when fresh, brownish-black in dried specimens, 2-3 mm. long, mouths angular, 2 to a mm., edges thin, lacerate: spores not seen : stipe central, thick, conical, dark-purple, 5 cm. long, 4-8 cm. thick.
Type locality : South Carolina.
Habitat : At the base of trunks in pine woods.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.

Laetiporus persicinus, commonly known as the white chicken mushroom, is an edible mushroom of the genus Laetiporus. It is closely related to the chicken mushroom, or Laetiporus sulphureus. Laetiporus persicinus has a salmon pink cap and white pores. This mushroom grows on dead and living hardwood and softwood trees. It was first described scientifically by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 as Polyporus persicinus. It has been collected in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America, and South America.