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Chicken Of The Woods (Laetiporus)

I found this nice looking COTW while kayaking the other day growing on a downed tree in the middle of the river.

supersquirrel @sopuli.xyz - 6mon

Looks like Chicken Of The Pond to me.

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Captain Aggravated - 6mon

Isn't that just duck?

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supersquirrel @sopuli.xyz - 6mon

damn my bad

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Captain Aggravated - 6mon

would this be duck-of-the-woods?

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supersquirrel @sopuli.xyz - 6mon

do you have to unravel my whole life in one go??

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acockworkorange - 6mon

Definitely some water fowl. Maybe a water hen?

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Tempus Fugit - 6mon

Love that username.

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acockworkorange - 6mon

Back at ya.

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I_am_10_squirrels @beehaw.org - 6mon

Does it distribute tiny swords?

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KyuubiNoKitsune @lemmy.blahaj.zone - 6mon

Strange fungus lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic mycology.

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supersquirrel @sopuli.xyz - 6mon

Yes, until the tiny uprising it did

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Empricorn @feddit.nl - 6mon

Does it taste like Chicken Of The fil-A?

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Geodad @lemmy.world - 6mon

Yes, but without the homophobia.

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acockworkorange - 6mon

I was never fortunate enough to catch them in their prime, but according to a friend of mine "it all just tastes like mushroom to me."

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technomad - 6mon

You have to cook it right, and season it right too! The quality of the mushroom makes a big difference as well (that one looks like a good one!)

It's really quite remarkable when done right.

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acockworkorange - 6mon

I agree, but a well cooked mushroom will provide you with the right texture. The seasoning and browning will provide flavor.

I've cooked oyster mushrooms that tasted a lot like scallops, but if you search for it, the mushroom taste is there. I guess my friend is just more sensitive to it. Doesn't keep him from foraging, cooking, and enjoying them.

The ones I've tried that have a stronger good flavor in addition to mushroom flavor are chestnut mushrooms and chanterelles. A++.

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technomad - 6mon

I've never tried chestnut mushrooms before. Chanterelles are excellent though, I really enjoy their natural spicyness, kind of a peppery sort of flavor.

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acockworkorange - 6mon

Chanterelles are my favorite by far. I'm yet to try morels though, and I've heard its praises.

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Xulai - 6mon

Just had a batch of this sprout on a tulip poplar stump from a tree cut down 3 years ago. It did not look as good as this photo and was not harvested.

The woods behind the house produce a lot of this, as well as the occasional morel- which locals call dryland fish. I suspect we also get the psychedelic kind, but their appearance is so close to deadly ones in this area; and I am not a gambler.

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Tempus Fugit - 6mon

Interesting, I've never heard of morels called dryland fish. I can see it from a taste perspective. We don't have a psychedelic mimic of the morel but we have what we call a beefsteak which is the Gyromitra esculenta.

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Xulai - 6mon

I was unclear- I didn’t mean a psychedelic version of morel.

I meant the different mushroom species commonly used for such purposes.

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