COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – In honor of National Mushroom Month, a state agency is highlighting an edible fungi that grows on Ohio trees and is known for its chicken-like taste when cooked. The mushroom ...

When mentioned by name, “chicken of the woods” might induce a humorous mental image of a fat, feathery chicken surrounded by trees, but here in Missouri it refers to something else entirely. “Many ...

Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free. What’s more ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – It’s called chicken-of-the-woods fungi. It grows at the base of dead and living trees here in Ohio and other locations and tastes like chicken — seriously. For National ...

The biggest critique of plant-based substitutions is that they don't taste like meat. While true -- nothing can completely mimic the taste and texture of chicken -- some foods come pretty close. You ...

Fungi of all shapes, colors and sizes blanketed the Elbe Hills State Forest on Oct. 2. Some mushrooms were dark, with brown-yellow caps. Others were flatter and white, sprouting from rotting logs, or ...

This year’s wet weather seems to be spawning an unusually sizable harvest for fans of hen of the woods, a ruffled, circular earth-toned mushroom that grows at the base of trees. Also known as maitake, ...