{"id":3727,"date":"2015-06-17T14:02:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2015-06-18T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T22:06:19","slug":"17-june-2015-chicken-of-the-woods-laetiporus-sulphureus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/?p=3727","title":{"rendered":"17 June 2015 – Chicken- of-the-Woods – Laetiporus sulphureus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Found some Chicken-of-the-Woods <\/strong>growing on a rotting oak log today. Its scientific name is Laetiporus sulphureus<\/em>. It is a polypore shelf mushroom.<\/p>\n

\"DSC00835\"<\/a>The Chicken-of-the-Woods<\/strong> is edible, although some people may be allergic to it. It is said to taste like chicken to some people with a lemony flavor. Others claim it tastes like crab or lobster. It makes a good substitute for meat. One should eat a small amount first to make sure they do not get a reaction to it before eating a lot of it.<\/p>\n

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The Chicken<\/strong> is a saprophyte, meaning that it feeds on dead trees and also sometimes a parasite, meaning that it feeds on live trees as well.<\/p>\n

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From what I understand, there are six known species of Chicken<\/strong> in North America, and twelve known species worldwide. This species, Laetiporus sulphureus<\/em>, is found in Eastern North America.<\/p>\n

\"DSC00854\"<\/a>There is a National Geographic television program (Flithy Riches<\/em>?) which focused on mushroom hunters who made their living off of collecting mushrooms. The Chicken <\/strong>was one of the featured mushrooms.<\/p>\n

\"DSC00855\"<\/a>WARNING:<\/strong> Remember to get permission from the land owner before collecting mushrooms, and be absolutely certain of the type of mushroom before eating it.<\/p>\n

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  Found some Chicken-of-the-Woods growing on a rotting oak log today. Its scientific name is Laetiporus sulphureus. It is a polypore shelf mushroom. The Chicken-of-the-Woods is edible, although some people may be allergic to it. It is said to taste like chicken to some people with a lemony flavor. Others claim it tastes like crab […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3727"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3759,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions\/3759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}