Bonefreak Posted October 14, 2018 Posted October 14, 2018 I'm down deep in the hills and hollers of West Virginia pursuing deer and turkey, for rained on this AM, and came across these mushrooms.....is it edible? Is it the famous chicken of the woods!?!? If so, how long do I have to pick it, because I heading to the next ridge top. LPJR 1
madeinuk Posted October 14, 2018 Posted October 14, 2018 Yes. It is a sulphur polypore aka chicken of the woods. Best eaten when young and fresh - can be like cardboard/woody if taken when older/bigger. SxSshooter and Bonefreak 2
Bonefreak Posted October 14, 2018 Author Posted October 14, 2018 Thanks madeinuk!! I'm guna harvest it and try it out!! Recommend any recipes!??
Buck154 Posted October 14, 2018 Posted October 14, 2018 Good luck . Hope you don't start seeing thing that aren't there Don't worry about it, it's probably good Greybeard, Bonefreak and Jim_ 1 2
Bonefreak Posted October 15, 2018 Author Posted October 15, 2018 Got bout 15 lbs of these things!! Are they freezable!?!? LPJR, Roon and SPEARFISH 3
Bonefreak Posted October 16, 2018 Author Posted October 16, 2018 Yesterday I came across the mother load of Hen of the Woods mushrooms!! Can't seem to find any turkeys down here.....but I'm balls deep to the root finding shrooms named after poultry!!! LPJR and Psehunter 2
SPEARFISH Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 Those are much better eating than the chickens you found yesterday. I made soup yesterday and it was excellent. Enjoy.
madeinuk Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 The chickens are best served in soups and work from the 'tree' side, i.e. the youngest part of the mushroom will be the least woody. If too old they are a bit to much like eating cardboard. The hens are just one of the best mushrooms out there in the woods - really killing me that I cannot lift very much with my hands right now. After the wet and warm summer we had mushrooms are going bananas right now.
madeinuk Posted May 24, 2020 Posted May 24, 2020 I found a fresh clump of chicken of the woods today - super tender, the most tender that I have ever found them. Really, really good when super young - no longer will I wait until they are bigger and tougher. LPJR and Bonefreak 2
Kype Posted May 24, 2020 Posted May 24, 2020 glad you found the answers your looking for. but asking about wild mushrooms on an internet forum? Bonefreak and RPK0620 2
Bonefreak Posted May 25, 2020 Author Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Kype said: glad you found the answers your looking for. but asking about wild mushrooms on an internet forum? Lol That was a few yrs ago....i have since become very familiar w all kinds of shrooms!! Lol
BowhunterNJ Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 Bonefreak later tonight... Kype, madeinuk and Bonefreak 3
Bonefreak Posted May 25, 2020 Author Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, BowhunterNJ said: Bonefreak later tonight... LPJR 1
LPJR Posted May 25, 2020 Posted May 25, 2020 Nice haul Adam! You need to wear your dead shirts if they are not Hen Of the Woods shrooms! You can freeze them just make sure you get all the water out of the bag before freezing them. Bonefreak 1
Bonefreak Posted May 25, 2020 Author Posted May 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, LPJR said: Nice haul Adam! You need to wear your dead shirts if they are not Hen Of the Woods shrooms! You can freeze them just make sure you get all the water out of the bag before freezing them. Thanks pal! That was 2018 WV fall turkey hunt/deer bowhunt trip when I popped my cherry foraging for shrooms cuz turkey n deer were scarce. Made $100 bucks on that haul at the farmers market! I have been getting into it since!! hiking and LPJR 2
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