Chicken of the woods and poison ivy

[steffany yamada]

Found some chicken of the woods growing at the base of an oak tree. Poison ivy is growing above/around it. Leaves had fallen down. Experiences? Thoughts on eating/not eating it?

Thanks,

Steffany

[Ava Pope]

I am severely allergic—I would not eat it. But I could imagine that it could be ok—not worth the risk for me.

Ava

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[Tony Airaghi]

Cut some off.  Anything hard to cut, will cook and taste like cardboard, look for supple edges that don't have too many bugs.  Use your senses to determine freshness.  Laetiporus is safe to eat, even when old.  But edibility is determined by hunger.  In my experience it isn't edible to me after 5 days of growing.

-Tony

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Found some chicken of the woods growing at the base of an oak tree. Poison ivy is growing above/around it. Leaves had fallen down. Experiences? Thoughts on eating/not eating it?

Thanks,

Steffany

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[Ava Pope]

I think she as asking more about the edibility when growing around poison ivy.  Maybe I misunderstood. 

Ava

[Tony Airaghi]

Sorry, I missed the part about poison ivy.  Interestingly, we’ve had discussions before about Laetiporus as well as other Mushrooms.  The answer is NO.  Any part of the mushroom that has made contact with or grown through the poison ivy should be avoided.  Toxicodendron’s irritant, uruishiol, is oil based, thus cooking doesn’t eliminate it, but rather spreads out and could vaporize.  Any part of the mushroom that you are confident wasn’t in contact is probably fine, but as always, when in doubt, throw it out!

 

-Tony

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