Corralitas Drive: Chicken Of The Woods Is Playing Chicken This Year

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 13, 2015.  Every fall, we look forward to the giant yellow mushroom sprouting at the base of a Corralitas neighbor's Eucalyptus Tree.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

According to Mykoweb, Chicken of the Woods is unlikely to be mistaken for another species.  The showy fungus does vary in its shade of yellow from year to year and even throughout its several week