Massive Harvest of Chicken of the Woods: How to Identify Mushrooms, 1 Year of Mushrooms

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Stay in the Woods,

Dan

[lukemeck]

Dan, can you do a video about all the different poisons in the woods? Like ivy and what not? Would love to see an in depth video on these and how to handle them

[halabujioutdoors]

Great find! Chicken mushrooms are not only edible but also medicinal as well. Tender parts to cook; harder parts for tea or tinctures. Easy to make tinctures out of them with strong vodka.

[fredbustin]

Was missing my Coalcraker fix! Glad you posted .

[mrhalfstep]

Two years ago I found a huge bloom of these things growing on a dead Oak stump outside the therapy center my wife was attending after knee replacement. It's a great mushroom to cut into strips, bread and deep fry just like you would for chicken tenders. They even taste a lot like chicken and definitely have the texture of fried chicken when cooked this way. If you don't tell anyone what they are, they will probably think it's chicken strips, but don't do that, because you should first eat a small amount, wait awhile for a reaction before pigging out on them. All edible mushrooms have the potential to upset some people's stomachs, so go easy until you know you get along with your fungus. As Dan said, they are easy to identify and only a very young child would mistake them for the poisonous orange mushroom you might encounter, once you've seen some photos. They will keep in the freezer until you find more next year, usually in the same spot, when the conditions are right.

[deborahasher]

I took your advice and found pictures of the jack-o'-lantern mushroom. Thanks for putting out this vid.

[blocksmithing]

OMG, Dan! Because of this I was able to spot, harvest, cook, dry and share with neighbors about 10 pounds of chicken of the wood!! I just finished dehydrating them. Got tons of mason jars for the winter. Can't wait to make soup! Thanks!

[GeorgeBobeck]

Another key trait of the jack-o'-lantern mushroom is that it glows in the dark.

[cliff]

Would have liked to have seen a closeup of the underside. Still a good video. Thanks

[jw-k]

COW is so delicious, a few friends told me how to find it recently and I've found one decent batch

[CampingwithSamBananas]

I think I followed the directions correctly but why is the wall moving?

[Mike-gtcs]

Dan puts the 'fun' in fungus!
Great information.

[gobigrey]

They taste like chicken skin. Delicious. I inoculated an oak log and have some growing right outside my back door. Gonna pick it in a few days.

[denvercriss]

You should always slice or tear them length wise to the base . Look inside the torn portion and it should be white inside if there are teeny black dots those are beetle larvae. The dots are the head of a teeny maggot. Also it's a good one to learn getting a spore print. They print white. Thanks Dan!!

[CeriousCyprus]

Love your content! Just picked up a couple hoodies and hats from your shop. Keep it up!

[mr.fisher]

Chicken of the woods is an amazing mushroom when found early and fresh!!!! Another good identifier is that the cap is a little wavy in appearance. They go perfectly with a nice juicy steak!!!! Great find.

[GrumpyGrunt]

If you can catch them early enough, they are amazing. If you find them after they get fibrous and tough, still good to dehydrate and pulverize to add flavor to dishes or for medicinal use. Thanks and stay well, Danno!

[jayburke]

I found a hen of the woods last fall and I chopped it up and ate part of it it weighed over 5 lb lol... It doesn't have gills because it's not a mushroom lol it is a fungus but not all fungus are mushrooms... This one is one of the foolproof four just like you said my friend if no gills you are good to go you came up with the humongous cache there !!🙂

[mgsilverhead]

Hey hi! Born & bred in Pottsville, now I live in MA but was just home this past weekend for my summer camp reunion in Bear Creek near wilkes-barre. Found a big old bloom and just wanted to double-check my ID and found this video! So glad to hear about a business like this flourishing back home. Checked out your website and I'm a fan.

[keftonbrown]

These are a great find. Show a video of you cooking them up bro

[stevenfreeland]

Please do more mushroom videos and foraging other things