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JPDancer
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is this a chicken of the woods?
#18738231 - 08/21/13 03:45 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Habitat: deciduous forest east PA, near base of tree( I don't think on dead wood)
Gills: smooth white underside Stem: Length, diameter, color, texture, hollow/solid, thin/thick, etc.
Cap: large fans up to 1 ft across with wavy edges, light orange top
Spore print color: don't have
Bruising: none
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mylfgur
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: JPDancer]
#18738240 - 08/21/13 03:47 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yep!
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JPDancer
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: mylfgur]
#18738266 - 08/21/13 03:50 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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toooo exciting. I found this on the last 10 min of a 4 hour loop hike i took today searching for fungus the entire time. giddyness ensued.
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mylfgur
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: mylfgur]
#18738299 - 08/21/13 03:57 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice find. Are you going to harvest it?
edit: looks like you already did unless its growing in your car
make sure you only eat the soft parts of it. I like to cut off the very edges because they're too squishy, then cut out the middle parts of the "leaves" that are closer to the heart, as they're a bit too woody.
Edited by mylfgur (08/21/13 03:58 PM)
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Blue-FunGuy
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: mylfgur]
#18738336 - 08/21/13 04:04 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Laetiporus cincinnatus.
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JPDancer
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: mylfgur]
#18738350 - 08/21/13 04:06 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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good tips, there is too much i already gave half away, so yeah i can be picky and only eat the choice parts. I'm about to throw some in some garlic pasta, maybe make a chicken sammich later, but what about storage? wrong forum i guess
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: JPDancer]
#18738380 - 08/21/13 04:10 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
JPDancer said: good tips, there is too much i already gave half away, so yeah i can be picky and only eat the choice parts. I'm about to throw some in some garlic pasta, maybe make a chicken sammich later, but what about storage? wrong forum i guess
The forum choice is fine. You definitely want to cook the fungus. If you want to preserve it, a good method is to butter-fry them then move directly to a ziploc bag and keep in the freezer
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obsessed
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: JPDancer]
#18738845 - 08/21/13 05:42 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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I found some COTW this morning, I was so excited
I filled my canvas grocery bag, but could only fit about half of it.
It made a great stir fry!
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Oeric McKenna
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: obsessed]
#18738855 - 08/21/13 05:45 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice. I like "cream of chicken of the woods" soup
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obsessed
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: Oeric McKenna]
#18738911 - 08/21/13 06:01 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sounds good, I will have to give that a try
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JPDancer
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: JPDancer]
#18748489 - 08/23/13 06:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ok so had a few questions on mushroom hunting figured I might just post in my own thread and not start a new one.
1. Can I expect a new fruit anytime soon at the exact same location? This was my 2nd hunt, 1st time solo, would be cool if I had a new spot to go harvest occasionaly or whatever but I dont know how it usually works( plus i didnt cut the stem, i yanked it out so that might have hurt the mycelium?)
2. Can I expect more chickens in area directly around where I found this one?
3. I know people I've read about people selling oysters or whatever they grow at farmers market or restaurants, at prices of like 16$/lb. Do people sell wild mushrooms to restaurants or anything? Cause I feel like with these chickens if they grow that big, I could have more than a restaurant would want and some for me and to share with pals. Not really trying to make serious dough but maybe a couple bucks off some extra harvest?
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Re: is this a chicken of the woods? [Re: JPDancer]
#18748733 - 08/23/13 07:55 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Unfortunately, Chances are you will not find any more chicken of the woods from that patch this year. The reason is because you took the whole mushroom. Unlike other mushrooms the proper way to harvest chicken is to trim 2-4 inches off the edges. It will continue to grow this way and you can come back and harvest every 4-6 days or so.
Every time i see the whole mushroom picked it doesnt usually fruit until the next year. I thought one of my patches died after somebody picked the whole mushroom it didnt fruit for 2 years until it came back this year.
As far as finding more in the same area, it is possible but all my finds have always been singular. I havnt found 2 chickens growing off seperate logs in the same area yet.
-------------------- Favorite quote: I want to know if they are active and magic or not. And if they are not active, can i pick them before they are active and then they will become active or do they have to grow till they activate?
    
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