When Do Chicken Of The Woods Grow

Chicken of the woods is a sulphur-yellow bracket fungus of trees in woods, parks and gardens. It can often be found in tiered clusters on oak, but also likes beech, chestnut, cherry and even yew.

How fast does chicken of the woods fruit?

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.

How do you know when chicken of the woods is done?

As they grow, they commonly change color; chicken of the woods can start out as a yellow to orange color and fade to a pale shade of cantaloupe or white when they mature.