Chicken of the Woods native to the Pacific Northwest. This genus of Fungus displays young fruiting bodies characterized by a moist, rubbery, Sulphur-yellow to orange body sometimes with bright orange tips. Older brackets become pale and brittle almost chalk-like and mildly pungent. Often described as tasting like and having a texture similar to that of chicken meat. The mycelium of Chicken of the Woods will often produce a pinkish to orange color and produce a mild-pungent/sour smell. Show
 Chicken of the Woods is one of the hardest mushrooms to cultivate indoors, it can take anywhere from 4 to 6 months to start forming Pin Formations. If you Purchase one of our Ready to Fruit Kits, they are fully colonized but will require finesse and patience to get the mushroom to start pinning. Below we’ve highlighted the standard operating procedures to get the Chicken of the Woods to form Primordial and Fruiting Bodies. We often recommend this type of mushroom to more experienced growers who are up to the challenge. Alternatively, if you leave the mushroom up to its own devices (time permitting) it will eventually find a way to reproduce and create mushroom fruiting bodies. Patience & Waiting Stage - Spawn Run/Colonization1. Spawn Run (Colonization) – allow inoculated mushroom grow kit to incubate at room temperature. This will take 2 to 3 weeks. Move onto next stage once grow kit is dense and uniformly covered with white to pinkish mycelium. Observation Stage - Primordial/Pinhead Formation2. Pinning (Initiate Mushroom Formation) – Drop Temperature, increase Relative Humidity. Watch for mycelium to continuously grow upwards towards the Filter patch as it senses Oxygen. You can decide to fold the bag down as shown in Fig 3 by folding down the bag we’re reducing the time required for the mycelium to find and grow through the filter patch. *If Primordial or Pinhead formation does not occur within 2 months move onto the next stage to nudge and promote mushroom formation. Fig 1. Chicken of the Wood Fully Colonized Fig 2. Chicken of the Woods +2 weeks Fig 3. Chicken of the Woods +4 weeks Action Stage - Fruiting3. It is advised not to unseal the bag as loss of sterility of the substrate will expose the grow kit to contamination from the genera Penicillium and Trichoderma. Contamination can occur within 4–5 days and can overrun the grow kit.
4. Within 5 to 6 days of injecting water or cooling, you should observe rapid growth and after another 2 days see primordial/baby chicken of the wood mushrooms forming. Make sure to provide plenty of free air exchange and humidity once the fruiting body is formed.
Fig 4. 5 to 6 day old primordia (red arrow) Fig 5. Immature Fruiting Bodies 5. Fruiting (Mushroom Formation) – Adjust Temperature and Relative Humidity. Provide plenty of Fresh Air (Oxygen). First harvest of Mushrooms will occur within 1 week. It is important that the yellow/orange mycelium is near the filter patch, you can fold over the bag so the mycelium doesn’t have to climb as high. The Chicken of the Wood needs to grow through the Filter Patch as the mycelium is prone to contamination from airborne containments. Fig 6. Chicken of the Wood Fruiting Body Fig 7. Chicken of the Wood Fruiting Body. Renew/Flushing Stage - Crop Cycle6. With Chicken of the Woods, due to the nature of the mycelium, the best way to re-hydrate the block is to boil water and let it cool down. With a clean needle and syringe inject 20 to 24 cc/ml of cool clean water into the bag. This will provide much needed moisture for the next stage of growth. Discussion:By taking a look at Fig 7. we can observe the formation Primordial Fruiting Body of the Mushroom, there was nothing special done other than leaving the Grow Kit up to its own devices and growing out of the Filter Patch as explained above, this is the best option as life will always find a way! Now the next step is to allow the mushroom to propagate and become larger! This will require good environmental controls on you part as any fluctuation in your growing chamber will adversely affect the growth and may cause it to die off. Health Benefits:Chicken of the Woods is rich in antioxidants, aids in diabetes management, hormone balancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and promotes good dental health. How do you tell if it is Chicken of the Woods?How to identify. The chicken of the woods is a bright sulphur-yellow fungus comprising several thick, overlapping brackets. The individual brackets are soft and spongy when young and exude a yellow liquid if squeezed. They are fan-shaped with an undulating margin.
How long does chicken in the woods take to grow?It may take 6 months or more for the first fruiting, depending on what month you started your logs (chicken of the woods won't fruit until summer). After that, you should get mushrooms each summer for 3-5 years depending on how large your logs are. Once the mushroom runs out of food (lignin in the wood), they're done.
Can you eat raw Chicken of the Woods?Chicken-of-the-Woods is edible, but should never be eaten raw, only cooked. It can give some people an upset stomach or lead to dizziness because of the above phenylethylamine alkaloids that it contains.
Do you wash Chicken of the Woods before cooking?Chicken of the Woods mushrooms can be blanched, fried, sautéed, or baked — much like other mushrooms you would use in a favorite recipe. The mushrooms should be carefully cleaned to remove any dirt or other particles before being prepared for a dish.
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Chicken of the woods early stages
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