Chicken of the woods ?

[pitdog]

I'm not too great on my fungi ID'ing but I think this is Chicken of the woods that I found today.

Can anyone confirm this from the pics and has anyone eaten it before ?

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

It's either called Hen of the woods or Sheep's head.
And that ain't it.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Check out the top three photos here:
http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles1.htm
I get them - literally - by the pickup load each year if I want them. I once got one that filled both sides of a double sink.

Look down at the bottom of the page with some laid out on a tail gate.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

You will want the fresh, moist ones. If you find some rather dried out, leave it where you find it. It'll just be tough.

 

[uyotg]

Judging from the picture, I'm guessing the op meant chicken mushrooms, not hen of the woods.
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Mushrooms.Folder/ChickenMushroom.html
I don't claim to be a fungi expert by any means, but they do look pretty similar to the pictures in that page.

 

[uyotg]

To use the same page Karl linked, which is a lot better than the one I did, they're here: http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles4.htm
Sulphur shelf, or chicken mushrooms. I haven't eaten them, but I've heard this story of one guy who ate them, and he was pleasantly surprised. He said they really tasted like chicken! It was on a blog about eating nasty, unexpected stuff, so I guess these mushrooms didn't have much contest

 

[dipbait]

The ones Ive seen are not bright orange.

 

[Mannlicher]

no way I am going to be eating any mushrooms from the woods. :barf:

 

[kgd]

I don't think so Pitdog. For 'shrooms its best to find a mycologist and make him/her your friend to take on a walk around.

 

[TheGame]

I don't think so Pitdog. For 'shrooms its best to find a mycologist and make him/her your friend to take on a walk around.

Think I should try that, too. See a lot of mushrooms in the woods here, but I have no idea what most of them are.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Thanks for the clarification! I see these things all the time and just ignore them.
Not anymore!

 

[dipbait]

Im mistaken . I got Hen of the woods and chicken of the woods mixed up. Googled chicken of the woods and they are orange. Heres a H.O.W. I found.

 

[pitdog]

Im mistaken . I got Hen of the woods and chicken of the woods mixed up. Googled chicken of the woods and they are orange. Heres a H.O.W. I found.

That's a good one, did you eat it ?

Found a great Cauliflower fungus about that size once, still regret not taking it home !

 

[dipbait]

I didnt eat it. It was a little old and brittle.