Wild Mushrooms
 

Chantrelles, chicken of the woods? Are they really good to eat? Is it worth picking them next time I run across them? Ratdog? Beuller?

ratdog is the man on this subject he should chime in in a few

i just hope you can understand what he is saying

Make sure they got purple underneath and a yellow ring on top. Those are the best. :smokin:

The ones with gold/orange caps are the ones youre looking for.

Yes they are good to eat.....we call them champions, like saying champion with a french accent. They make a great stew.

Only the ones growing out of cow dung are the best.

forgot to mention...... pick them off a willow or tupelo tree

Are they that good where you would take time to go out and find them or are they 'lagniappe' where when you see them you just pick em?

In other words, if I catch a sheephead I may keep it, but I don't go out after em

They say its organic so don't panic!

like speck said they had a field off verrot back in the fish day had good tasting mushrooms lol

They are called "hen of the woods".....Japaneese call them ****ake (spelling?)....They are awesome fried in strips....Just make sure you id them correctly or you will become worm food....Suppose to have all kinds of medicinal value...If you beleive that stuff....We usually get our fill in Missouri when we go there to hunt...The locals go crazy for them and often ask us to scout for them while in the woods...

Dip in batter and fry? I see tons of chantrelles and a few 'hens' when turkey hunting, just thought i may start grabbing some of them and trying them.

Any others that are really good? What do you think are the bestest?

I picked a few oyster mushrooms the other day. Its the only good kind in my area at the moment. They winter type will be done pretty soon, look for them on black willow. Chantrelles usually grow in dirt under oaks. They appear beginning in April in my area. Chicken of the woods is usually at the base of the trunk of water oak in my area. August/September is when I usually find them. Get a field guide because you will find a ton of mushrooms you will have no idea what they are. So in short, its worth your time if you know what for. I know they serve chantrelles in fine restaurants but I have never seen any for sale.

It **** me out....also known as Maitake mushrooms....supposed to be good for immune system....regulates blood pressure, insulin levels and a host of other things....All I know is pulled in strips, battered with slap yo mamma and deep fried....Look out! dats good rite dere....

Haven't had chantrelles, but Hens are by far, the best I've ever had...just my opinion though...

I am a chef and I have cooked and foraged every kind of mushroom. Chantrel is one of my favorites. Be careful there is a trumpet mushroom that looks like a chantrel that is poisoness. A chantrel is flat like a oyster mushroom and a trumpet is curled on the center. Best get a field guide to compare.

Best advice . I have 5 different field guide an reference books. A microscope to ID spore an a love of fungus.
There are mushroom sights but as u see here u have to weed threw the non legal stuff. The shroomery is a good one an there are a few highly educated people on there that will answer any properly articulated inquires on ID with pics an so on

Now if day ar chicken o da wood man u got some good stuff.
Yes medicinal and taste good too.
High protien an only source of protien derived from cellulose .
Man I want some.
If u pick more than eatable in one sitting then dry them an save um for

Stew
Rice
Fish stuffing......good in flounder...lol
Soup
Fried
Salad....noodle as long as cooked.
Never eat them raw but like oysters raw.
Oyster mushrooms too.
Good way to supplement the food bill.

One more note to remember, don't eat anything growing on water locust or honey locust. Some kind of toxin in locust sap doesn't get broken down and stays active in edible mushrooms.

An watch out for hoopels that think anyone that eats grows or picks wild mushrooms is a drug addict .
Just pissed here had a bother ref. To psychedelic mushrooms and that I do them.
It's all part of the disinformation campaign started by da man to keep us people just trying to get more and better food for our selves and family.

Not a buz
Man what a backward group dem extorshionests are.
Just wish people would respect the skills needed to grow hunt and identify a delicacy and not die in da process.

RatDog lets write a book?