Chicken of the Woods
I went for a walk along our neighborhood creek in late summer as the rain started ocurring regularly again, and found a beautiful flush of Laetiporus sulphureus, better known as Chicken of the Woods.
At first I was a little nervous to handle it, but after consulting several guides and sending pictures to someone a bit more familiar, it was finally pretty clear I could pick some and take them home to eat!
![A close-up of a fully-bloomed specimen of Laetiporus sulphureus featuring about 10 layers, all emerging from the bottom end of an overturned tree.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/chicken-woods-1.jpeg)
![Zoomed-out photo of the fully-bloomed specimen, with more of the tree visible to demonstrate how it was found amongst the wood.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/chicken-woods-2.jpeg)
![A plate of fried rice with vegetables, topped with peanuts and red sriracha sauce.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/chicken-woods-3.jpeg)
![A top-down photo of a skillet on a stove, with a sunny-side up egg, strips of orange mushroom being cooked, and some hash browns being fried.](https://assets.chrisruppel.com/img/img@1280/chicken-woods-4.jpeg)
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