Bright sulfur shelves on trees. Choice edible when young and on hardwood — still try a small bit first.

Overlapping fan shelves, orange on top, sulfur-yellow beneath, no gills (tiny pores). Grows on trunks and stumps, not from soil.

Habitat

Oaks and other hardwoods, sometimes on living trees.

Season

May–October, after rains.

Size

Shelves 4–12 in

Field marks

Pores not gills; sulfur underside; on wood

Avoid specimens on conifers or locust. Some people get GI upset — cook well, eat a tablespoon the first time, wait a day.