Posts Tagged ‘cooking wild mushrooms’

Wild Mushroom Tart

Last week I was a chaperone for my daughter’s 3rd grade camping trip.  On the way home we spied a beautiful orange Chicken of the Woods mushroom on a tree and promptly harvested it for weekend dinner. Read more ›

Chicken of the Woods Wild Mushrooms

Fall is a great time to forage Chicken of the Woods mushrooms.  The bright orange fan shaped mushroom grow like frilly shelves from the side of trees and stand out like a flag.  Last year we found a huge clutch of them exploding from a downed tree at Lake Maria State Park in Minnesota.   Read more ›