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Chicken Of The Woods (Laetiporus) (midwest.social)

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I found this nice looking COTW while kayaking the other day growing on a downed tree in the middle of the river.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just had a batch of this sprout on a tulip poplar stump from a tree cut down 3 years ago. It did not look as good as this photo and was not harvested.

The woods behind the house produce a lot of this, as well as the occasional morel- which locals call dryland fish. I suspect we also get the psychedelic kind, but their appearance is so close to deadly ones in this area; and I am not a gambler.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Interesting, I've never heard of morels called dryland fish. I can see it from a taste perspective. We don't have a psychedelic mimic of the morel but we have what we call a beefsteak which is the Gyromitra esculenta.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does it taste like Chicken Of The fil-A?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Yes, but without the homophobia.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was never fortunate enough to catch them in their prime, but according to a friend of mine "it all just tastes like mushroom to me."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You have to cook it right, and season it right too! The quality of the mushroom makes a big difference as well (that one looks like a good one!)

It's really quite remarkable when done right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, but a well cooked mushroom will provide you with the right texture. The seasoning and browning will provide flavor.

I've cooked oyster mushrooms that tasted a lot like scallops, but if you search for it, the mushroom taste is there. I guess my friend is just more sensitive to it. Doesn't keep him from foraging, cooking, and enjoying them.

The ones I've tried that have a stronger good flavor in addition to mushroom flavor are chestnut mushrooms and chanterelles. A++.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've never tried chestnut mushrooms before. Chanterelles are excellent though, I really enjoy their natural spicyness, kind of a peppery sort of flavor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Chanterelles are my favorite by far. I'm yet to try morels though, and I've heard its praises.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Looks like Chicken Of The Pond to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that just duck?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

damn my bad

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

would this be duck-of-the-woods?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does it distribute tiny swords?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Strange fungus lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic mycology.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes, until the tiny uprising it did

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Definitely some water fowl. Maybe a water hen?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Love that username.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Back at ya.