Chicken of the woods mushrooms - how to grow, forage & eat w/ recipe! (2024)
Summary
Our trusty spot about one mile from our home produces Laetiporus cincinnatus, a chicken variety that is considered by many to have the best flavor and texture of them all – or at least be a tie withLaetiporus sulphureus. Mushrooms are also high in antioxidants like selenium and glutathione, or GSH, substances believed to protect cells from damage and reduce chronic disease and inflammation. Some studies suggest mushrooms are the richest dietary source of another antioxidant called ergothioneine, or ERGO, which is also present in large amounts in red beans, oat bran and liver. The longer a log or cut stump sits, the more likely that other fungal spores will have landed on it and begun to colonize it, which means more competition for your chicken of the woods spawn. If you don’t get rain once per week during the warm months, deeply water your logs with a sprayer to keep the chicken of the woods mycelium inside happy and growing.