Corralitas Drive: Chicken Of The Woods Multiplying

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 8, 2016.  I missed the bright yellow stage of the 10" wide Chicken of the Woods mushroom, dried up on the shady side of the huge Eucalyptus stump in our yard.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 13, 2016.  A few days later, another Chicken of the Woods sprouted on the sunny side of the stump.  By day three, it was already 9" tall by 4" wide.  Chicken of the Woods seem to prefer growing at the base of mature and dead Eucalyptus in the Red Car Property Neighborhood.  One of the questions mycologists ask when identifying mushrooms is, "What is it growing on?"

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Disclaimer: The Corralitas Red Car Property Blog prefers to quote reliable sources, such as CalFlora and California Poison Control on the issue of toxicity. MykoWeb is the resource everyone seems to refer to for mushrooms. The Los Angeles Mycological Society has a recommended reading list. 

If you are eating your way through the Red Car Property, we DO NOT recommend you eat any plant you find in the Red Car Property neighborhood without first doing your own research.