Great video, Adam. I found a large patch of these here in eastern Ohio this past weekend, and decided to give it a try. After trying a few simply sauteed, my wife used them in her chicken piccata recipe. OMG. Completely satisfying and delicious. Really a remarkable fungus. Such a reward for a simple walk in the woods.
Found your channel after finding some (what I thought was) Chicken of the Woods. I've previously only have harvested Morels but wanted to do more. Your videos have really helped me identify these edibles. Thanks brother!
Hey Adam your crushing these tutorial vids! Luving them really. I have been blessed with finding a few of these polys and look forward to discovering the ones i have not. These vids will help. I live on Central Park NYC and have some luck finding Chic of the Wood in nearby forests outside of NYC. Mostly I have found the Cincinnatus. Yes I agree that you should do a companion culinary prep series. Once people get down with your easy communication, they really want to just start learning the next ste in preparing these awesome meds and foods! Keep doing awesome stuff brutha!
Hi Adam, Scott here. I wanted to let you know that I went for a walk today and found my first chicken of the woods mushroom ( laetiporus cincinnatus ) of the year. I also found some deer mushrooms ( Pluteus cervinus ) as well. Happy foraging.
That would be awesome. I always wonder what these mushrooms taste like. I am too chicken to forage mushrooms, but I still find these videos super interesting.
I found some in a woods nearby in Missouri, went back the next day and it had been invaded by bugs. So quick, will take more next time, delicious! I liked the taste better the next day.
I found a lot of Chicken of the Woods last fall in southern NY state. Very tasty. I still have dried mushrooms, they are tough even if you pressure cook them. Last time I ground them up, The ones I have found have all been on Oak trees, from live to almost completely returned to soil...
I’ve found Chicken of the woods on Saint Simons Island , GA for the past three years in the fall (sept/Oct).. the first time it was in an oak tree fifty feet from the Atlantic ocean..
Thank you, for the clear concise information videos on Chicken of The Woods. Buy a guy a mushroom, he's got an appetizer, teach a guy to intelligently ID a species and he's got some good meals (& great forest walks) for the rest of his life.
Thank you for this informative video! Im fairly certain I've found the second variety with the whitish underside. Is there a place I can share some photos with you to confirm? I was playing it safe and seeing if it drops any white spores too. Im so excited I found these!
Thank you for this video. I found some today (first choice edible mushroom find for me) and was worried because mine looks white and pinkish underneath, but you just explained in this video is just a different species. I'm excited to try it!
great vid, chicken of the woods is easily my favorite wild mushroom, can't wait to find some this year! do you have any videos on coral mushrooms? i would love to see what you have to say on them!
Thanks Nick! Currently I don't have any videos on coral mushrooms, though if I find a great diversity this year, I'll do my best to film something! Thanks for the suggestion!
How the heck do I find spring chickens I the PNW? I've never found them before August and I had no idea they even have spring flushes. I'm both terribly embarrassed and super stoked.
for both chicken of the woods, and turkey tail, how would you recommend making medicine from each one? if a tincture or infusion, what ratio would be best? thankyou!
WOW!!! you are lucky to have found those!!! Someone posted on our VT Mushroom page that they found some too....and I was really surprised to hear that. But i guess it's possible, even though morels are still fruiting here in VT. Love this mushroom!!! So what will you do with so much of it Adam? Do you dry, freeze or pickle?
Thanks! I actually only eat it fresh and rarely preserve Chicken Of The Woods. In the past, I've dried them for later consumption. I typically only harvest a little amount (I didn't even harvest half of what is pictured in this video), though unfortunately the L. cincinnatus in this video was a bit buggy! How do you like to preserve your harvest?
I have personally not preserved chickens myself....but have dried chants and morels and trumpets successfully. Here in the Green Mountains of VT, I have not been lucky enough to find chickens in an edible state unfortunately. When I lived in NJ & PA, they appeared to be more abundant. But then, I usually walk the same areas, and should venture elsewhere since many in my mushrooms in the wilds of VT group find plenty. it's been an incredible morel year here.
It also taste like bacon and eggs to I love chicken of the woods 😋 yum yum I would eat it every day if I could find more I'm going to start my owen to grow and eat
Great video I live in central Mass. and I fond my first Chicken of the woods today! 5/30/18. just wondering what you have for an education and what your background is?
Hey, just stumbled across your videos this evening and have watched a few. Great stuff, I've been meaning to get into foraging and I like the detail you provide in your videos. I've always been turned off by the thought of misidentifying based off pictures and my lack of knowledge on terminology but you've managed to distill it down quite nicely for a newcomer. I do have one question though, as someone who's never harvested a mushroom, what part of this mushroom would you be harvesting? Pretty positive I passed some of this last year while hiking. Subscribed and cheers from Philly.
Just cooked up my first C. of the W. mushroom. It was the Sulfurius. I got to it a little late. It was somewhat fly blown, filled with earwigs. Didn`t mind those. Happy no slugs. Would have tossed it if that was the case. I stomp slugs just for fun. Hate them, esp. their slime trails. I trimmed it up and salvaged some good pieces and fried the sliced pieces. No chicken taste, but it felt like chicken breast in the mouth. Mild and seemed to take on other flavors easily.
After almost dying, eating 'shrooms I was assured were "perfectly safe" I stick to morels and the Meadow mushrooms that spawn where they have year after year and can be identified by their pink gills. There is another variety that look identical but have creamy colored gills.... scared to death of them. Maybe they are ok, but I'm not trying them to find out. Btw, this is in the north central part of Montana
The outer edge, especially in older specimens, is desirable. However, if you find young fresh chickens, you can eat the entire fruiting body (cooked, of course).
Learn Your Land well my father and I both appreciate all your videos, we are from Rhode Island so it's nice to have someone like yourself teaching about these wild edibles and giving us medicinal reason to get out and search, keep up the great work please!!
Most mushrooms should be cooked before eating them. Fungi contain a compound known as chitin in their cell walls. Chitin is very difficult to break down inside our digestive tracts unless heated. Also, some mushrooms contain toxins that become inert in the presence of heat. In the case of this mushroom, Chicken Of The Woods, it's much more digestible when cooked.
Trash in the woods is very annoying lol. I spotted an orange speck in the woods this past fall. Got out of the vehicle climbed a couple hundred yards up the mountain side and it was an orange plastic big wheel type toy that some jerk had thrown away with the rest of his trash.
Great video, Adam. I found a large patch of these here in eastern Ohio this past weekend, and decided to give it a try. After trying a few simply sauteed, my wife used them in her chicken piccata recipe. OMG. Completely satisfying and delicious. Really a remarkable fungus. Such a reward for a simple walk in the woods.
I have truly enjoyed your channel and learning from you. Your positive attitude and passion is contagious and endearing.
Hello Adam, wow , I never realized that chicken of the woods fruited this early in the year !!! Thank you for another great and informative video !!!
Thanks, Peter! Yes, now is a good time to look... especially after all this rain we're receiving in Western PA!
Thanks Adam! The video got me out looking and the chickens are really popping in Michigan's UP right now.
Thank you for sharing what you take great pride and passion in.
What a feast. This is a delicacy.
Found your channel after finding some (what I thought was) Chicken of the Woods. I've previously only have harvested Morels but wanted to do more. Your videos have really helped me identify these edibles. Thanks brother!
Hey Adam your crushing these tutorial vids! Luving them really. I have been blessed with finding a few of these polys and look forward to discovering the ones i have not. These vids will help. I live on Central Park NYC and have some luck finding Chic of the Wood in nearby forests outside of NYC. Mostly I have found the Cincinnatus. Yes I agree that you should do a companion culinary prep series. Once people get down with your easy communication, they really want to just start learning the next ste in preparing these awesome meds and foods! Keep doing awesome stuff brutha!
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying these videos, and thanks for sharing your mushroom hunting experiences!
Hi Adam, Scott here. I wanted to let you know that I went for a walk today and found my first chicken of the woods mushroom ( laetiporus cincinnatus ) of the year. I also found some deer mushrooms ( Pluteus cervinus ) as well. Happy foraging.
awesome concise video on chicken of the woods👍👍👍
you should make a partner channel where you cook this fungus that you harvest
That's a good idea, though I'm a much better mushroom hunter than I am a chef. 😉 Maybe I'll team up with someone!
You could maybe team up with Susan Weed. She just lives in the Catskills of NY. She has cookbooks, as well as medicinal .
That would be awesome. I always wonder what these mushrooms taste like. I am too chicken to forage mushrooms, but I still find these videos super interesting.
@@LearnYourLand I'll cook
I found some in a woods nearby in Missouri, went back the next day and it had been invaded by bugs. So quick, will take more next time, delicious! I liked the taste better the next day.
I found a lot of Chicken of the Woods last fall in southern NY state. Very tasty. I still have dried mushrooms, they are tough even if you pressure cook them. Last time I ground them up, The ones I have found have all been on Oak trees, from live to almost completely returned to soil...
I tend to find a lot of them in the fall as well. Last year was a pretty good year for them!
I’ve found Chicken of the woods on Saint Simons Island , GA for the past three years in the fall (sept/Oct).. the first time it was in an oak tree fifty feet from the Atlantic ocean..
Thank you, for the clear concise information videos on Chicken of The Woods.
Buy a guy a mushroom, he's got an appetizer, teach a guy to intelligently ID a species and he's got some good meals (& great forest walks) for the rest of his life.
Did't know you was on face-book , Chicken in the spring!. never knew that too!. Thanks
You're welcome, Andy!
Thank you for this informative video! Im fairly certain I've found the second variety with the whitish underside. Is there a place I can share some photos with you to confirm? I was playing it safe and seeing if it drops any white spores too. Im so excited I found these!
Thank you for this video. I found some today (first choice edible mushroom find for me) and was worried because mine looks white and pinkish underneath, but you just explained in this video is just a different species. I'm excited to try it!
All in thumbs up.
Thanks for your great content. Keep making.
great vid, chicken of the woods is easily my favorite wild mushroom, can't wait to find some this year!
do you have any videos on coral mushrooms? i would love to see what you have to say on them!
Thanks Nick! Currently I don't have any videos on coral mushrooms, though if I find a great diversity this year, I'll do my best to film something! Thanks for the suggestion!
I found my fist chicken of the woods, yesterday September 2nd, juice and delightful.
Great info, Adam!! Haven't found Cincinnatus but will be looking... :)Thanks!
Thanks, Rick! Hope you find some this year!
Thanks Adam, I will be watching for this choice edible.
You're welcome, Scott! Hope you find some!
thanks for the vid man. never really got out this time of year to look for the chickens so I'll have to give it a shot.
With all this rain in Western PA lately, it's definitely a good time to look!
How the heck do I find spring chickens I the PNW? I've never found them before August and I had no idea they even have spring flushes. I'm both terribly embarrassed and super stoked.
If you harvest in the spring, will it come back in the fall?
for both chicken of the woods, and turkey tail, how would you recommend making medicine from each one? if a tincture or infusion, what ratio would be best? thankyou!
Top shelf!
awesome video! down here the main context can get full off little worms quickly. but if I take the margin only, its still tasty and (mostly) bug free
Thanks! The L. cincinnatus in this video had some buggy parts as well, though I was able to salvage some of it.
Very good video my friend thanks for the info god blss👍!!!!!!!!!!!
The best intel . Kodos to you Adam. Howie Jones .
Thanks!
Just found Laetiporus cincinnatus growing directly from a fall ash tree. Is this odd?
WOW!!! you are lucky to have found those!!! Someone posted on our VT Mushroom page that they found some too....and I was really surprised to hear that. But i guess it's possible, even though morels are still fruiting here in VT. Love this mushroom!!! So what will you do with so much of it Adam? Do you dry, freeze or pickle?
Thanks! I actually only eat it fresh and rarely preserve Chicken Of The Woods. In the past, I've dried them for later consumption. I typically only harvest a little amount (I didn't even harvest half of what is pictured in this video), though unfortunately the L. cincinnatus in this video was a bit buggy! How do you like to preserve your harvest?
I have personally not preserved chickens myself....but have dried chants and morels and trumpets successfully. Here in the Green Mountains of VT, I have not been lucky enough to find chickens in an edible state unfortunately. When I lived in NJ & PA, they appeared to be more abundant. But then, I usually walk the same areas, and should venture elsewhere since many in my mushrooms in the wilds of VT group find plenty. it's been an incredible morel year here.
Nice job Adam ,I having found any in New England woods yet.
Thanks, David! Keep looking... sometimes it just takes a lot of leg work (and luck) before you stumble upon something like this.
Nice find!
Thanks!
It also taste like bacon and eggs to I love chicken of the woods 😋 yum yum I would eat it every day if I could find more I'm going to start my owen to grow and eat
hope to find some (:
been getting lots of rain, hot and humid
Great video I live in central Mass. and I fond my first Chicken of the woods today! 5/30/18. just wondering what you have for an education and what your background is?
Ken Lucia I want to find one so bad this year!!!
Hey, just stumbled across your videos this evening and have watched a few. Great stuff, I've been meaning to get into foraging and I like the detail you provide in your videos. I've always been turned off by the thought of misidentifying based off pictures and my lack of knowledge on terminology but you've managed to distill it down quite nicely for a newcomer. I do have one question though, as someone who's never harvested a mushroom, what part of this mushroom would you be harvesting? Pretty positive I passed some of this last year while hiking. Subscribed and cheers from Philly.
Nvm, spoke to soon there. Just watched your previous video on Chicken of the Woods and you covered it in there. Keep up the great work!
I really wanna try these :) I hope they grow in France too
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Girl you n me both !
Just cooked up my first C. of the W. mushroom. It was the Sulfurius. I got to it a little late. It was somewhat fly blown, filled with earwigs. Didn`t mind those. Happy no slugs. Would have tossed it if that was the case. I stomp slugs just for fun. Hate them, esp. their slime trails. I trimmed it up and salvaged some good pieces and fried the sliced pieces. No chicken taste, but it felt like chicken breast in the mouth. Mild and seemed to take on other flavors easily.
What is some advice for finding chicken of the woods
great videos man!!!!!
Thanks!
part of learning about mushroom foraging is realizing all the ones you could have harvested in the past had you known
Is chicken of the woods edible on robinia pseudoacacia tree?
Nice find good information
Thanks!
I find this mushroom alot in the fall but could I find it early in the year also. I live in southeast Missouri. Thanks
Just found some today. It was young but I live in Southeast Missouri. South of Farmington area
i found one today in eastern MO!
Where are you picking ,？😊😊😊
SWEET!!!!
love your videos
Thank you!
Can we find these babies in April ?
I only find Chicken of the Woods growing on eucalyptus trees. Are those ok to eat?
After almost dying, eating 'shrooms I was assured were "perfectly safe" I stick to morels and the Meadow mushrooms that spawn where they have year after year and can be identified by their pink gills. There is another variety that look identical but have creamy colored gills.... scared to death of them. Maybe they are ok, but I'm not trying them to find out. Btw, this is in the north central part of Montana
Jim, do you know what species made you sick?
no. as you well know, Identification is hard. Even with spore prints etc... I stay with what I am familiar with. Even experts get fooled
Does Chicken Of The Woods ever cross the road? If so, then why?
Can you eat all of it? Or I have heard only the outer edge.
The outer edge, especially in older specimens, is desirable. However, if you find young fresh chickens, you can eat the entire fruiting body (cooked, of course).
Could you please post a picture of a "Gill"
hey adam, how long have you been studying outdoor edibles? and do ever go to the grocery store? lol
Hey Adam, I've been studying wild edibles for the past 10 years or so. And yes, I enjoy shopping at the grocery store!
Learn Your Land well my father and I both appreciate all your videos, we are from Rhode Island so it's nice to have someone like yourself teaching about these wild edibles and giving us medicinal reason to get out and search, keep up the great work please!!
that would make me nervous picking those things ,might end up graveyard dead. those look easy to identify though.
Is it wrong to eat it raw, if so, why?
Most mushrooms should be cooked before eating them. Fungi contain a compound known as chitin in their cell walls. Chitin is very difficult to break down inside our digestive tracts unless heated. Also, some mushrooms contain toxins that become inert in the presence of heat. In the case of this mushroom, Chicken Of The Woods, it's much more digestible when cooked.
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Hungry now guess I'm going hiking. ..&).
Sounds like a good plan to me!
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Trash in the woods is very annoying lol. I spotted an orange speck in the woods this past fall. Got out of the vehicle climbed a couple hundred yards up the mountain side and it was an orange plastic big wheel type toy that some jerk had thrown away with the rest of his trash.
poo Atha I'm always finding trash too!!!!