Laetiporus cincinnatus, commonly known as the White-Pored Chicken of the Woods, is a species of bracket fungus. It is characterised by its pale orange to white colour and distinctive rosette-like growth at the base of trees. The undersurface of the fruit body has white pores instead of gills. This fungus typically grows from the roots or buried wood of hardwood trees, often forming large clusters emerging from the ground.

Fruiting body usually forms a rosette of several to many fan-shaped to semicircular caps near the base of a tree, rarely appearing in a shelving array. Caps are pale to bright pinkish-orange with smooth to finely wrinkled, suede-like surfaces, often showing vague concentric bands that may fade with age or sun exposure. Margins are thick and often whitish. The undersurface is whitish, with small circular to angular pores and short tubes; it does not bruise when handled. Flesh is thick, soft and watery when young, becoming chalky and brittle with age; it remains white and does not change colour when sliced. A stem is usually absent or poorly defined and tough. Spore print white.

Microscopic Features: Spores measure 4–6 by 3–4 µm and are broadly ellipsoid, smooth and hyaline in KOH. They are inamyloid.

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