I found these yesterday on an Ash tree stump and wasn't sure what it was. I researched it and decided it was probably edible so I sauteed some of it and tried it. I didn't really know how to cook it but it came out pretty good and I didn't get sick or die :) Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm going to be keeping an eye out for more of these!
Thank you so much. You are the first video I have seen that gives a specific time of year. I have been looking way to early or to late. All other info great as well. Thanks.
Thanks Rob, We get two flushes in a year, first one comes around the first of June here in Northern WI, the second around the first of August. The first one only seems to last a few weeks, the second goes longer into the fall. Chris
Thank you so much for your videos... Love your personalities, the explanations and education on how you prepare the harvest... Could I please get a list of books you use... We are in Wisconsin as well... It almost feels as though I met you two somewhere.. do you do flee markets??? 😊 Thank you again for your videos... Have a great day...
Yes I agree with Rob Lynn, you guys give great info. that is exactly what I was looking for....so I subscribed. Thanks and look forward to watching other video you have made.
The Jack O Lantern is a clustered, stemmed mushroom and grow in clusters on the ground. I've never seen them growing on a tree. I"ve also never seen bugs or worms in Chicken mushrooms. Ever try canning them? I'm going to try canning them this year as I have several spots that produce good amounts yearly.
@@chriskathy9865 i love mushrooms too but afraid to eat them boletes seem to be the easiest to identify am i wrong? I found a mushroom that was groing on a tree but it wasnt orange it was white
Some boletes are easy to ID, there are a lot that are not so easy. Maybe your white ones were oysters. There are a lot of groups on facebook that are pretty good on IDing mushrooms, including our FB group facebook.com/groups/270485909965678/
I guess we find ours early enough before the bugs get to them, We do find our share of bug filled mushrooms, but we leave them behind, thanks for wacthing, Chris
You can but it is generally not very palatable, the texture is quite dry and chalky, especially in the larger specimens. Also it's where you tend to find the insects that also like to eat them. Check for small holes that means the little white grubs have been feasting there.
I found this mushroom once when I got lost in the woods. I thought it was a jackolantern mushroom because I was inexperienced. I only took a few, and I lost the few I took.
I often find very large white mushrooms growing in my yard, likely above the roots of our large silver maple. Not sure if they are safe to eat. How "poisonous" can mushrooms actually be? The safety of mushrooms would make for great food videos.
Im just thinking of getting into harvesting some wild mushrooms, I live in southern Ontario and any advice on books to get or sites to visit would be great Thanks for the video
hi i really enjoyed this video and i have a question, i have read the rules and regulations of mushroom hunting in wisconsin and they state that you are not allowed to sell the mushrooms do you have some kind of permit that lets you sell them?
Well being that your weather is affected more by Lake Superior and it stays a little warmer there, you may still be able to find some. Maybe some Hen of the Woods or some late fall Oysters wouldn't be out of the question. Chris
ive used that autobon book out in BC i thought it was good do to the fact it showed geographical location and how to prep for consumption "just my opinion though"
I am looking for Chicken of the Woods to buy. Do you know where we could buy some at the cheapest price. Don't want to trust myself to not get poisonous ones.
I would check with farmer markets in your area, or perhaps there is a mushroom hunting club in your area. There might be a place online that sells it, but I'm sure with shipping you'd be paying way to much. Thanks for watching & the question. Chris
@@chriskathy9865 , I am in Southern New England; having found one large, fresh cluster last fall, and several other degraded clusters elsewhere after the first frost, should the dormant or freeze-killed clusters be cut off at the base of the tree so that they'll (hopefully) grow back fresh next year? What about fresh clusters: when harvesting them, should you leave some behind or should you take it all, and how much should you leave attached to the tree or stump?
@@goodun2974 The mycilium is already in the host tree, wouldn't matter if you leave any or not. I harvest what I need at the time, if that's all of it, then I take it all, the stuff you find dead, it wouldn't matter if you cut it off or not. Chris
@@chriskathy9865 I was mostly wondering if the old dead fungus would impede the growth of new fungus in the following season, And if cutting off the dead growth would be helpful or not to producing a better crop in the following season.
Chris my wife and I harvested our first chicken of the woods today and batter fried them. We both love them but have to really limit our fried foods have you ever pickled these ? Or do you have any other non fried tips ? Also do they freeze well ?
W have dehydrated them with great success & we have also sauted them & then froze them, saute in butter, let them cool off & freeze them, they turn out great. Never pickled them, don't think that would turn out so good, Thanks for watching & the question. Chris
Chris & Kathy Thanks for the tips. There were just too many to eat at one time and we were looking for a way to preserve them. We always try just a small amount at first to make sure there are no reactions so my wife sauteed a few in butter. She thinks they taste a lot like bacon that way.
Hey buddy, you should never tear the mushrooms off the tree or you may tear off the mycellium with it, and damage it for next year, and not have a harvest next year. Not trying to tell you what to do or be bossy, but just trying to be helpful! thanks!
Who said money doesn't grow on trees? Looks like you found plenty of money there. I know many people in my city who would buy them for more than what you are charging at farmers markets. If you have a bunch to sell me at $12 a pound and are within an hour of Ottawa Canada I will buy all of your COTW.
Yep, money does grow on trees, But even selling our mushrooms cheap as we do, we still bring some home with us. Not always a bad thing, but can only eat so much or dehydrate so much. Need a bigger market to sell at I guess, Chris
Jedi Vague, i agree just watch video to make sure i was right on some i foynd today for thanksgiving dinner and made sure i only took 50% unless its a stand alone and i am more timid on those still. For these and puffballs today!
I love your videos but what is that noise I hear in a lot of your videos every few seconds almost like a cat purring I guess is the only way I can seem to describe it?
Well we do it for a living, anyone can go out and look for them themselves but they'd rather buy them from us, we've never had a complaint by them, we also take people out to look for mushrooms when they ask. There are others that do what we do in the same area & get more for them. Chris
Very well-informed and helpful, plus totally rockin video of harvesting chicks! thx
Thanks, glad ya liked it. Chris
I found these yesterday on an Ash tree stump and wasn't sure what it was. I researched it and decided it was probably edible so I sauteed some of it and tried it. I didn't really know how to cook it but it came out pretty good and I didn't get sick or die :) Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm going to be keeping an eye out for more of these!
Thank you so much. You are the first video I have seen that gives a specific time of year. I have been looking way to early or to late. All other info great as well. Thanks.
Thanks Rob, We get two flushes in a year, first one comes around the first of June here in Northern WI, the second around the first of August. The first one only seems to last a few weeks, the second goes longer into the fall. Chris
Rob Lynn I think the chickens come out right before the Hen of the Woods do.
Sweet! I need to get after some of these. Everyone goes nutty for morels, and I think it's about time to hunt for something else. :)
Yeah drason69, you are so right about that, so much out there to find & it's all free. Good luck to you. Chris
Excellent books. Nice choices. Thanks for the video.
Great information. Looking forward to watching more. I'm slowly getting in to making more mushroom videos too.
I love your videos Thank you so much!!!
Thank you, Chris
Never tried these, I hope they grow in France too :) would look out for those next time I go for a walk in the woods.
Love mushrooms :)
Do you have "Oak" trees there in France? If so, I would think they'd grow there as well. Chris
Love your video very helpful
Thanks for watching. Chris
Nice collection you have there!
Thanks & thanks for wacthing. Chris
Thank you so much for your videos... Love your personalities, the explanations and education on how you prepare the harvest... Could I please get a list of books you use... We are in Wisconsin as well... It almost feels as though I met you two somewhere.. do you do flee markets??? 😊 Thank you again for your videos... Have a great day...
We do do flea markets & farmer markets. all the books we use we have in the video here. Thanks for watching, Chris
Yes I agree with Rob Lynn, you guys give great info. that is exactly what I was looking for....so I subscribed. Thanks and look forward to watching other video you have made.
Thanks Mark, we try.. Chris
Puffballs are also good. Trust me. I found white coral mushrooms too.
The Jack O Lantern is a clustered, stemmed mushroom and grow in clusters on the ground. I've never seen them growing on a tree. I"ve also never seen bugs or worms in Chicken mushrooms. Ever try canning them? I'm going to try canning them this year as I have several spots that produce good amounts yearly.
We do see worms in them from time to time, look for little holes on the side that you cut off the tree. You can even see them sometimes. Chris
Chris & Kathy Interesting. But I've never seen any worms in COW shrooms. I see them all the time in Dryad saddles though.
Nice video. I don’t think you’re supposed to harvest Chaga till the winter. Give it a quick google search. Thanks!
What a great find!
They also grow on black oak. Chicken of the woods has pores and the Jack O'lantern has gills.
You are really good at this! Love mushrooms but scared I could be wrong. 🤓
Just get a few books or go with someone that knows mushrooms, it's a lot of fun. Chris
@@chriskathy9865 i love mushrooms too but afraid to eat them boletes seem to be the easiest to identify am i wrong? I found a mushroom that was groing on a tree but it wasnt orange it was white
Some boletes are easy to ID, there are a lot that are not so easy. Maybe your white ones were oysters. There are a lot of groups on facebook that are pretty good on IDing mushrooms, including our FB group facebook.com/groups/270485909965678/
Good thing you can only be wrong once.
Every mushroom I find here in Maryland is just covered in bugs; How do you guys manage to find so many clean ones.
I guess we find ours early enough before the bugs get to them, We do find our share of bug filled mushrooms, but we leave them behind, thanks for wacthing, Chris
are you carrying a cat with you because I can hear your cat purring....funny !!
It's just the camera. Chris
Great video , can you tell us where to find chaga & honey? Ty in Virginia?
Are mushrooms easy to cultivate? I mean the ones that whe harvest in wildernes
Is it okay to eat the part that is closely attached to the tree?
You can but it is generally not very palatable, the texture is quite dry and chalky, especially in the larger specimens. Also it's where you tend to find the insects that also like to eat them. Check for small holes that means the little white grubs have been feasting there.
Nice video. Do you know if chicken of the woods can be cultivated?
Yes it can, here's a link to where you can buy some, Chris www.fieldforest.net/
I found this mushroom once when I got lost in the woods. I thought it was a jackolantern mushroom because I was inexperienced. I only took a few, and I lost the few I took.
thanks for sharing! can't wait to get out there hunting now that the weather is cooling down
Unfortunately we haven't found any Chicken in the last two weeks, appears that they are done here in Northern Wisconsin. Thanks for watching, Chris
Thank you!
The Audubon book does when you look it up, everything is in that book
winner winner chicken dinner!!!
Cool!
Chicken grow on yew trees as well
I used a knife like that to cut some chaga, almost cut my fingertip off. I personally only use locking knives now.
I often find very large white mushrooms growing in my yard, likely above the roots of our large silver maple. Not sure if they are safe to eat. How "poisonous" can mushrooms actually be? The safety of mushrooms would make for great food videos.
It's been three years, are you still eating that root-rot?
where to purchase the 100 edible mushroom book?
You can get it pretty reasonably on Amazon, that's where we got several of our books.
@@chriskathy9865 thanks kids
Im just thinking of getting into harvesting some wild mushrooms, I live in southern Ontario and any advice on books to get or sites to visit would be great
Thanks for the video
Yeah, the books I mention in the video are pretty good ones, easy to understand even for me. LOL Thanks for watching, Chris
Going to head to chapters soon lol
hi i really enjoyed this video and i have a question, i have read the rules and regulations of mushroom hunting in wisconsin and they state that you are not allowed to sell the mushrooms do you have some kind of permit that lets you sell them?
I really don't know where you seen that. As far as I know it is legal to sell, there are many people doing it.
@@chriskathy9865 are you collecting on your own land cause i think it said you can sell as long as the mushrooms aren't from state parks
@@thgmar Nope, not collecting on state land.
Very nice videos. I'm just getting into mushroom hunting. I wonder if it is a little too late to pick mushrooms in the Copper Country?
Well being that your weather is affected more by Lake Superior and it stays a little warmer there, you may still be able to find some. Maybe some Hen of the Woods or some late fall Oysters wouldn't be out of the question. Chris
ive used that autobon book out in BC i thought it was good do to the fact it showed geographical location and how to prep for consumption "just my opinion though"
can chicken mushrooms grow in the ground
No, only on oak & only once did I see them on a cherry tree.
@@chriskathy9865 makes sense
amazing ....... thank you
Thank you for watching. Chris
Chris & Kathy you are lucky people... you are well educated about mushrooms and have the chance to go to forest to collect them. How healthy they are
Not finding your Facebook page. Several All Things Wild results but none with your canoe logo.
Sorry it has taken so long, here is a link to our FB page facebook.com/groups/270485909965678/
Liked & subscribed sir.
I am looking for Chicken of the Woods to buy. Do you know where we could buy some at the cheapest price. Don't want to trust myself to not get poisonous ones.
I would check with farmer markets in your area, or perhaps there is a mushroom hunting club in your area. There might be a place online that sells it, but I'm sure with shipping you'd be paying way to much. Thanks for watching & the question. Chris
There is a pro 👍!!! 😁
Great video, thanks, One question, after you harvest the chicken mushrooms, will they grow back in the same spot?
Not right away, we have had some logs that produced 4 years straight, others every other year, some not at all after we found it on one. Chris
@@chriskathy9865 , I am in Southern New England; having found one large, fresh cluster last fall, and several other degraded clusters elsewhere after the first frost, should the dormant or freeze-killed clusters be cut off at the base of the tree so that they'll (hopefully) grow back fresh next year? What about fresh clusters: when harvesting them, should you leave some behind or should you take it all, and how much should you leave attached to the tree or stump?
@@goodun2974 The mycilium is already in the host tree, wouldn't matter if you leave any or not. I harvest what I need at the time, if that's all of it, then I take it all, the stuff you find dead, it wouldn't matter if you cut it off or not. Chris
@@chriskathy9865 I was mostly wondering if the old dead fungus would impede the growth of new fungus in the following season, And if cutting off the dead growth would be helpful or not to producing a better crop in the following season.
@@goodun2974 I wouldn't think it would hurt it at all.
Is coral mushroom worth eating?
I like the White Crown Tipped Coral mushroom, I'm not crazy bout the rest of them. Thanks for watching & the question. Chris
Yes. Most are pretty good.
Chris my wife and I harvested our first chicken of the woods today and batter fried them. We both love them but have to really limit our fried foods have you ever pickled these ? Or do you have any other non fried tips ? Also do they freeze well ?
W have dehydrated them with great success & we have also sauted them & then froze them, saute in butter, let them cool off & freeze them, they turn out great. Never pickled them, don't think that would turn out so good, Thanks for watching & the question. Chris
Chris & Kathy Thanks for the tips. There were just too many to eat at one time and we were looking for a way to preserve them. We always try just a small amount at first to make sure there are no reactions so my wife sauteed a few in butter. She thinks they taste a lot like bacon that way.
It tastes nutty
I ate some today but didn't cook well enough and got really sick. Vomited and went to A and E.
I hope it was Chicken of the Woods that you ate and not something else, never heard of anyone getting sick eating it.
How about just leaving some in situ? You dont have to grab them all you know?
DM, I agree with you he was taking them to sell at the market which I think is wrong. One third for you, one third for nature, one third to regrow.
Hey buddy, you should never tear the mushrooms off the tree or you may tear off the mycellium with it, and damage it for next year, and not have a harvest next year. Not trying to tell you what to do or be bossy, but just trying to be helpful! thanks!
Yep, your right, most of the time we use knives. But sometimes we just don't have one with us. LOL Chris
@@chriskathy9865 Yeah I understand. I am guilty of doing this myself on rare occasion.
Chicken of the freeway underpass
Who said money doesn't grow on trees? Looks like you found plenty of money there. I know many people in my city who would buy them for more than what you are charging at farmers markets. If you have a bunch to sell me at $12 a pound and are within an hour of Ottawa Canada I will buy all of your COTW.
Yep, money does grow on trees, But even selling our mushrooms cheap as we do, we still bring some home with us. Not always a bad thing, but can only eat so much or dehydrate so much. Need a bigger market to sell at I guess, Chris
@@chriskathy9865 Are you from Canada originally as you sound Canadian unless you are from minesota or mid west?
Which ones get you high?
What a butt
I highly advice responsible mushroom hunting; leaving some for the wildlife.
Yeah, we certainly don't harvest it all in an area. Chris
Jedi Vague, i agree just watch video to make sure i was right on some i foynd today for thanksgiving dinner and made sure i only took 50% unless its a stand alone and i am more timid on those still. For these and puffballs today!
looks like PA
Northern Wisconsin is where we live. Thanks for watching!
just started out and lookin for info, thanks for filming
I love your videos but what is that noise I hear in a lot of your videos every few seconds almost like a cat purring I guess is the only way I can seem to describe it?
Just the camera lens focusing in and out.
$12.00 per lb... I get them by the bushel and give them away...Selling what is free by Mother Nature... I have my reservations... Your Karma...
Well we do it for a living, anyone can go out and look for them themselves but they'd rather buy them from us, we've never had a complaint by them, we also take people out to look for mushrooms when they ask. There are others that do what we do in the same area & get more for them. Chris
Chris & Kathy Sounds good... If this is how you make money I apologize...Cash in and enjoy the money you are making from Mother Nature.. All good....
We all make money from mother nature
Anyone else find mushrooms scary lol
Bacteria.