Chicken Of The Woods Mushroom

Most people would be hard pressed to eat 10 pounds of mushrooms in a week or two.

Chicken of the woods mushroom. As youll learn about below other chicken subspecies grow out of underground tree roots. There are about twelve species of chicken of the woods in the Laetiporus genus. Chicken of the Woods mushroom are saprotrophic in nature so they love to grow at the base of dead or dying hardwood trees and decompose them.

Chicken of the Woods and Hen of the Woods mushrooms generally weigh in between a pound and 10 pounds each and can regularly get much bigger than that. The Chicken of the Woods mushroom is a polypore variety that grows on trees the species described as both parasitic and saprotrophic. Battarra ex Murrill 1904 Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world.

Youll find them growing on the side or at the base of trees in a bright ruffled rainbow of oranges golds and yellows. Average Mushroom height CM 0. This mycelium fruit is both a delicious delicacy and natural medicine.

A week is a long time in chicken of the woods time. The Chicken of the Wood can be spotted from across a clearing. Note that you can store chicken of the woods mushrooms in a paper bag in the refrigerator for about a week.

If its tough or if its got larvae in it go back next year or go find another fresh one. 100g of Chicken of the Woods mushrooms contain 33 calories 6g of carbs 3g of fiber 14g of protein 1g of fat 150 mg of potassium 10 of daily Vitamin C and 5 of daily Vitamin A. It is available to harvest the last 6 months of the year and it tastes just like chicken.

These are also expensive mushrooms if you can find them to purchase so they are a true delicacy. The chicken of the woods mushroom is the closest non-meat ingredient to well chicken. The genus is Laetiporus.