11 Jul 2015 Photos of the Day: July 11, 2015 by LGMAPS | posted in: Flora & Fauna, Photos of the Day | 0 Chicken mushrooms on a log … Chicken mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) may occur in large clusters like this. On top they’re salmon colored, and underneath they’re a pale yellow. These are the same ones we saw emerging a few days ago. (Photo: Nick) Chicken mushrooms are “polypores”, with spores falling from little holes underneath rather than the gills of some other mushroom. (Photo: Nick)