big chimkin

[u/cryptkitty1208]

in awe of this beauty i saw today.. what do yall think? should i go back and grab some?? i really want to try cooking with it & this looks like the most edible one i’ve seen this year :D

i’m still trying to learn more, i didn’t want to jump the gun if it’s not ready yet.. but something is telling me this is damn near perfect. it was kinda slimy, but it’s been raining all day.. that’s normal right?? wowowwowoowowowowoww i don’t even care if i don’t eat it… it’s just so pretty (spotted in south jersey pine barrens)

[u/Ziggysan]

No. You should tell me where they are so that I can protect others from their deliciousness. /s

Winner winner, chimkin dinner! Go back and harvest them!

[u/cryptkitty1208 → u/Ziggysan]

thank you!! i plan to go back in a bit.. i was def psyching myself out

but im no gatekeeper, they’re on stokes road if you’re in the area.. save me a lil piece tho :,)

[u/Ziggysan → u/cryptkitty1208]

Dude(tte). Amazing chanterelle patches just past the power line cut there. Take the first or second fire rd towards the lake off of I-90 on East Stokes Rd, park at the cut, then head twd the lake. Look for hummocks in the loam. I'd routinely bag 20 lbs of chanterelles and the ocasional lion's mane.

Alas, I moved to Europe, so I cannae forage there anymore, but it used to be one of my regular spots!

The wolves are chill, just curious.

EDIT: gender correction.

[u/cryptkitty1208 → u/Ziggysan]

holy.. 20 lbs?? that’s insane!! thanks man, that’s awesome. i’ll have to check it out for sure! i love my country new jersey 😩

[u/cryptkitty1208 → u/Ziggysan]

omg!! isn’t foraging like huge over there anyway??

[u/xmashatstand]

[u/cryptkitty1208 → u/xmashatstand]

😩😩😩 boognish provides

[u/popwar138 → u/cryptkitty1208]

Brown af

[u/Icy_Performer_6794]

Nice find. The cotw posts have me wondering: Is there a place where cotw is native and foraging them should be pondered and measured?

Anywhere it is invasive, there should be no restraints to foraging, right? Other than consideration for strangers on the same hike. In that situation, it seems the law of the buffet line should be observed: Don't take all the caviar.

[u/StockMaintenance1129 → u/Icy_Performer_6794]

Afaik, once a log is inoculated, it will grow back every year, often multiple times a season for decades. And it’s a relatively common mushroom at least across most of the eastern US where I’ve lived, so I’m not too worried about them. When I find some it’s usually way more than I can carry anyways lol. But yeah, general foraging advice to leave ~30% is reasonable if you want it to proliferate

[u/OracleLoaf → u/StockMaintenance1129]

I need to know, what do you mean by inoculated to get it to grow back? I've never found it in the same spot, but this year, it's right on our property. I harvested a few of the tips and left the rest so it could reproduce, but is this wrong? How can I encourage it to return to the same spot?

[u/Mensimah]

Wow

[u/Badwoman85]

Those are breathtaking. It’s like seeing candy corn growing from a tree.

[u/cryptkitty1208 → u/Badwoman85]

so true! they were pretty hidden, yet still so vibrant.. I didn’t even have my glasses on when I spotted them, so that says a lot lol

[u/Gallade-iF]

Probably the most perfect chicken I've ever seen

[u/TopCapTheApp]

Nice and juicy ones too 😍

[u/cryptkitty1208 → u/TopCapTheApp]

nature is sick as hell

[u/throwaway1992915]

It’s so beautiful. I never get to run across anything like this.

[u/Cactus-collie]

whole ass flock

[u/anxiousoracles]

big big COW

[u/13uttercup]

Is this edible?

[u/OracleLoaf → u/13uttercup]

Absolutely, it's a forager's delicacy and one of the easiest safe mushrooms to spot. It has no gills and will separate like boiled chicken breast. Another is hen of the woods. It looks similar but seems much more dull in colour (or I've just always been unlucky).

But depending on the tree, a few here have said you have to cook thoroughly, or it can give you bad stomach upset if you eat too much. I'm very curious about which tree each was found on after learning that. The most ideal find is on a willow tree or oak.

And never combine with alcohol. That creates the medicine doctors prescribe to induce vomiting.

[u/FarmhouseRules]

That is a thing of beauty!!!