#chicken-of-the-woods

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[vandaliatraveler]

Tibbs Run Preserve, Panel 1 of 3.  Beneath the moist dripping vaults of the primeval green cathedral gather the true believers: moss, fungi, and ferns. The old hemlock forest ministers silently, relentlessly to its devoted congregation, heathens and pagans all, and adorns the ruins of its trespassers in moss and rhododendron. None but nature shall endure.

[hagofbolding]

Illustrating some literal mushroom names in anticipation of baby's first convention season (as an independent artist)

Here's 1 out of 3 - Chicken of the Woods!

Come see me at VanCAF in May if you like chickens and/or mushrooms. I'll have stickers and postcards and other art toooo

[goblinfables]

a little extra for Fungi Friday!! some little minis and a snail lol

update: added these as stickers as such over here lol

[atsufae]

Last meal with my beautiful wife before I kill myself

[snototter]

A chicken of the woods fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus) in Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA

by Jim Petranka

[cedarsalute]

A collection of mushrooms ive found in Wisconsin, USA 🍄

[antikr1sta]

headcanon: dazai definitely made chuuya play gay chicken on multiple occasions. ( and obviously he won every time)

the voices told me to draw this.

[reddd-robin]

at the end of everything there's queer furries i guess

[fungusqueen]

I finally harvested from my Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus gilbertsonii) spot. I come back every year around the same time and had been keeping an eye on it since I started seeing little yellow blobs emerging from the tree. They start off really soft and gummy before flattening out into firm brackets. Basically the lower brackets are the perfect size to harvest. Some of the higher brackets still have room to grow so I might return for more later. This species marks the beginning of fall & the return of mushroom season in SoCal

[hedgehog-moss]

I lost one of my chickens :( she was caught and carried away by a fox... I’ve been growing complacent about my chickens’ safety I think because we’ve only had one other attack before, a goshawk that swooped in abruptly (unsuccessfully), but no fox sightings nearby so I’ve been assuming Pandolf was a great deterrent. Which he is, just not foolproof. I’ve talked to some people in town about this and they were pretty philosophical about foxes stealing chickens, like “it’s the tribute we pay to woodland animals, it’s just a few hens here and there.” I don’t begrudge the fox for being a fox, if anything I have a renewed respect for foxes because everyone I talked to proceeded to give me their best / worst fox stories, and most of them involved foxes outsmarting humans (learning people’s habits / timetables, opening latches, faking a limp...) Still I feel terrible for my hen, she was only three. RIP Cordy :( You’ll be remembered fondly... (except by the cats.) I feel bad for the other hen too, who just lost her pal!

When I said that last thing, one of my neighbours jumped on the opportunity to try and convince me again to accept a rooster from him. He had a rooster baby boom last summer and I’ve been telling him for months that I don’t need a rooster, I don’t want to raise chickens I just want eggs, and his new argument was that a rooster would protect my hen (or if it comes to that, would heroically sacrifice himself rather than let the hen be eaten—I’m sceptical...) I asked around for a young hen but there aren’t any to be had in this season, so my remaining one is going to be alone until the spring, and my neighbour said she’d get stressed and male company is better than no company. (I wish I could ask my hen what she wants! Maybe she’s penning A Coop Of One’s Own as we speak.) I said the rooster was more likely to stress her out and harass her and he said nah they’re free ranging all day, it’ll be fine, and he’s young so your adult hen will boss him around. I was like, but then will he be any good at protecting her? etc. etc. and after a while I caved in.

When I told her about this on the phone my mum sighed “you’re terrible at saying no”—excuse me, I said no so many times and the guy just kept ploughing on until he could foist a rooster upon me. I’m good at saying no, other people are terrible at hearing it! I reassured her that I had only agreed to take the rooster for a short probationary period, and if he bothers my hen too much I’ll drive him back to his native farm. My mum was like “Drive him back? look I’m sorry I raised you as a city kid but there’s no need to waste gas on driving a rooster around, I’ll have no qualms about wringing his neck for dinner if he’s more trouble than he’s worth.” The rooster’s fate is not sealed though, if he is anywhere from vaguely useful to not actively problematic I’ll keep him, so we’ll see...!

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Cīrava Nature Trails, Latvia

[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #3172 - September 7th

Patreon / Discord Server / Itaku / Bluesky

[hagofbolding]

All 3 fungus postcard print / sticker designs, looking forward to getting all these printed and in my sticky little hands SOON

[goblinfables]

Mushroom Monday Round Two! these guys are also going to turn into stickers sometime.

Chicken of the Woods | Inky Cap | Ruby Porcini | Winecap

update: stickers added!

[linseedling]

Meeting of the Mushrooms