This is the first chicken of the woods mushroom, a.k.a. Laetiporus sulphureus, that I've ever found!
It is unbelievably exciting to find a wild mushroom like this, especially a huge, magificent one, and this one clocked in at 12 pounds!
After giving a lot away, I literally went on a "chicken of the woods cleanse" and ate all meals based around this mushroom for about a week before I ran out. (It wasn't a proper cleanse because I was combining it with different things, but it was still the main ingredient in all my dishes for a week!)
I took a time lapse of myself harvesting this beauty; enjoy!
Of course, I can't tell you exactly where it was, but let's just say it was in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. I love mushroom hunting & mycology! Please feel free to ask me any questions you have.
xoxo