Chicken of the Woods?

[Catscratch]

2 different mushrooms pictured, but i figure they are the same thing. I'm not familiar with Chickens so any advice would be appreciated!

And if they are chickens how's the best way to cook them?

 

[Mozark]

They both look like chickens Cat, the one in the top picture looks old and waterlogged. My favorite way to fix them is in a breakfast scramble with sausage and eggs, they can be fried like morels too if they are really fresh.

 

[Catscratch]

They both look like chickens Cat, the one in the top picture looks old and waterlogged. My favorite way to fix them is in a breakfast scramble with sausage and eggs, they can be fried like morels too if they are really fresh.

Thanks Mozark! I ate some this morning. If it doesn't kill me I'll absolutely try that breakfast thing!

 

[Foggy47]

I'm not a mushroom expert. I only have picked morels. That top one does not look "right" to me. Did you eat that one?....or the bottom one??

 

[Catscratch]

I sampled the bottom one. The top one gave me the creeps so I left it in the woods like you do with creepy kids and puppies that don't potty train.


I actually thought it looked really young. It was small and firm, not big and mushy like I'd expect an old mushroom to be.

 

[Foggy47]

I've got lots of chicken of the woods and some puff balls on many occasions on my property. But, I never pick any as I am always unsure about them versus the non edibles. I suppose I should have learned how to differentiate these things.....alas. Even when we picked morels.....there were always a few that just didn't look right.....and I'd let them go.