Hen of the woods

[hunthawkdog]

Anyone out there hunt the hen of the woods? An oldtimer turned me on last year I'm gonna take the kids out and look this weekend. I was cutin on monster elm today and it had some big mystery mushrooms growin 30' up ,made me think maybe the hen could be out I'm in s.e. Iowa

 

[sgreanbeans]

Fellow Iowegain, W T F are you talking bout! Hen of the woods? Sounds like a fun deal tho, hunting chickens with the kids.

 

[bert0168]

Anyone out there hunt the hen of the woods? An oldtimer turned me on last year I'm gonna take the kids out and look this weekend. I was cutin on monster elm today and it had some big mystery mushrooms growin 30' up ,made me think maybe the hen could be out I'm in s.e. Iowa

Could be early still. Hope the drought hasn't caused a down year. Will probably look here in about a week.

 

[husabud]

Fellow Iowegain, W T F are you talking bout! Hen of the woods? Sounds like a fun deal tho, hunting chickens with the kids.

LMAO! Huntin chickens! I think he was talkin about this though Bean...
Hen of the Woods, Maitake or Sheepshead Mushroom (Grifola frondosa) - AmericanMushrooms.com

 

[gorman]

I put those mushrooms in pasta sauce. Gooooood Eatin.

 

[hunthawkdog]

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LMAO! Huntin chickens! I think he was talkin about this though Bean...
Hen of the Woods, Maitake or Sheepshead Mushroom (Grifola frondosa) - AmericanMushrooms.com

Yup Thats it . I ate some last fall I thought they were just as good if not better than morals.there also supposed to be big medicine!

 

[hunthawkdog]

We just go in from lookin We didn't find the hen but there was some other types of mushrooms up they looked edible . We didn't have a goat with to test em

 

[lone wolf]

Grifola frondosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hen of the woods.

 

[lone wolf]

Chicken of the woods

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[Toddppm]

Looks just like the clump of mushroom I've yanked out of 1 of my beds and tossed into the woods 3 times this year so far. Last 1 was just a few days ago, will have to check it out more closely if it comes back again...

 

[hunthawkdog]

Looks just like the clump of mushroom I've yanked out of 1 of my beds and tossed into the woods 3 times this year so far. Last 1 was just a few days ago, will have to check it out more closely if it comes back again...

They only Bring $15.00 a pound

 

[sgreanbeans]

WOW, I have a huge amount of those right now in my woods out back, they really worth money? Good eating? I will be out there today prepping our paint ball course, ill take pics. Thanks for the link, don't want to harvest some poison crap! Weird, I have never heard of them, its all about the Moral here.
How do you cook them and where do I sell them?

 

[lone wolf]

Hen of the Woods, Maitake or Sheepshead Mushroom (Grifola frondosa) - AmericanMushrooms.com

Good read here on Maitake.

 

[lone wolf]

Chicken Mmushroom

Sulphur Shelf or Chicken Mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus) - AmericanMushrooms.com



SULPHUR SHELF MUSHROOMS GROWING ON ANY CONIFER TREE (PINE, HEMLOCK, SPRUCE, FIR, LARCH/TAMARACK, ETC.), EUCALYPTUS, OR LOCUST TREES SHOULD NOT BE EATEN! Also, as with a number of wild mushrooms and many other foods (e.g. shellfish, peanuts, and milk products), some individuals have allergic reactions to this particular species.

 

[hunthawkdog]

Jh

WOW, I have a huge amount of those right now in my woods out back, they really worth money? Good eating? I will be out there today prepping our paint ball course, ill take pics. Thanks for the link, don't want to harvest some poison crap! Weird, I have never heard of them, its all about the Moral here.
How do you cook them and where do I sell them?

Just put em all in a box I'll come up and take care of them for you!!!

 

[lone wolf]

Jh

Just put em all in a box I'll come up and take care of them for you!!!

Send pics of your finds

 

[brookpederson]

I've heard it said that you can trust any mushroom growing from or on a tree. Weather that be roots, stumps or log. Morrels, hen of the woods and shiitakes are all from trees. I'm probably way off base, but its what i have heard from a couple of very avide fungi collectors. Puffballs are another really good edible mushroom, but nothin beats a Morrel.

 

[brookpederson]

Oh yeah, and never trust the ones that grow on shat.

 

[hunthawkdog]

a homeowner we cut an elm from was saving logs and said he was going to put mushroom plugs in them he didnt know how he was waiting for a freind to show him anyone ever done that?

 

[sgreanbeans]

Well I was wrong, not sure what they are but they are not the Hen ones, sucks, if they where, I would be loaded! Have one that is BAAAAARIGHT Orange, cool looking, but Bear and Les say to stay away from bright colored ones. All of mine are growing out of wood. I took my camera, but it was like 1000% humidity, lens kept fogging over. Have never had the that happen before. Try again maybe today, want to see what yall think.