Chicken of the Woods

The other day I found a couple of Chicken of the Woods mushrooms growing down by the boat launch. This is one of my favorite wild muchrooms, maybe my favorite (yes, even more than morels). They usually show up in a sizable quantity, are easy to spot, easy to identify, and have a wonderful meaty texture and outstanding flavor. Since I found these two, I’ve been on a mushroom-eating binge the last few days, eating them pretty much for every meal.

Normally I dry mushrooms for long-term storage, but I decided to freeze these. Have three ziplock bags full of Chicken of the Woods in the freezer now. They are such a beautiful mushroom, I just had to share pictures of them with you here.