Comments on: Chicken-of-the-Woods http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/09/23/chicken-of-the-woods/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: David http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/09/23/chicken-of-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-11271 David Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:41:22 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=25176#comment-11271 The Sulphur Shelf is a very tasty, easy-to-identify mushroom, to which I am, alas, allergic. It does taste like chicken breast, without the characteristically earthy taste (not unpleasant in itself) of many other edible mushrooms. They are one of the so-called “safe seven”, which cannot easily be confused with other mushrooms.

Yes, as the author of the linked site says, avoid it when it grows on certain trees.

Also, avoid any rotted mushroom! (If it is in such condition that you would not buy it, don’t pick it.)

Mushroom picking doesn’t really work all that well with birding, does it? Eyes up, versus eyes down… ;-)

]]> By: Marcy C http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/09/23/chicken-of-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-11031 Marcy C Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:53:51 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=25176#comment-11031 I remember many years back, going mushroom hunting with my grandfather and usually around oak trees/stumps he would find sheep head mushroom. I think that’s right…another “animal” mushroom…..it looked like layers of whitish mushrooms, like the wool of sheep…since I don’t like any mushrooms, I helped pick, but not eat…

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