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I happened across a wild cherry tree that had some small Chicken-of-the-Woods (Laetiporus) shelf fungi flushing out from the bottom. I decided to cut them off and turn half into inoculation mixture and the other half into food. I can't wait to eat some tomorrow. I went out and chopped a small oak tree down, cut it up, split the logs, applied the mushroom inoculation (water + fungi in the blender) then tied them back together.
They are located on the north-shady side of a building. I'll have to water them a time or two to make sure they stay moist enough. I made sure to put them near a path I walk every day so I could instantly spot them when they flush. I actually missed my shiitake logs flushing last year (got them this year though.)
Hopefully, these will actually produce something either the end of next summer or the following year. If you've never had Chicken-of-the-Woods then I highly recommend you get them if you find them. The only thing you need to watch out for is to not eat ones growing on evergreens or eucalyptus. Eat ones of growing on hardwoods. You can make plug spawn for logs, sawdust kits, and do splits like I did or rounds stacked. Just use hardwoods, oak normally lasts longer than other woods. When you use a log, make sure it is from a healthy, freshly cut tree.
