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Zoned Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus zonatus is a polypore described in 2014 from southwestern China, where it grows only on oaks (Quercus). Its fruit bodies are concentrically zoned (hence the epithet), with a white to cream upper surface and a buff to clay-buff base. It was separated from other Laetiporus species using morphology and ITS and nLSU DNA sequences.
Edibility not documented in the sources consulted. Other Laetiporus species are eaten but can cause gastrointestinal upset, so this species should not be assumed edible.
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