Late August is the time of year when the day-glo orange-and-yellow fungus called Chicken of the Woods crops up on the dead and dying trees in the deep woods. I recently had the pleasure of spending a few days wandering the forest around Juneau, Alaska, where I went hunting for some of this edible mushroom.
The Mushroom Chronicles
For the first time ever, I went hunting for wild mushrooms. They definitely don’t qualify as spicy, but what mushrooms lack in heat, they make up for in flavor!