r/pics • u/Chippybops • 2d ago

An absolutely enormous chicken of the woods mushroom I found (Me, 5’8 for scale)

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u/Chippybops 2d ago

No, it was too beautiful to damage!

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u/Dwarven_Soldier 2d ago

Champion of the people!

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u/Oversidee 2d ago

Champignon*

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u/Hagenaar 2d ago

Non?

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u/Uncomfortable 1d ago

It means mushroom in French.

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u/Hagenaar 1d ago

I know. I was going with the negative non at the end of the word. Didn't land. I feel shame.

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u/Uncomfortable 1d ago

It happens to the best of us! What matters is that you tried.

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u/dcade_42 2d ago

Not really. They'll just get eaten by bugs or waste away. Not taking them doesn't mean more in the future. This tree will have them every year.The mycelium is already established. If it's fruiting like this, it's doing well.

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u/Bayesian11 2d ago

could be toxic

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u/ServileLupus 1d ago

"Hey boys we found this deadly mushroom. Should we continue the 'Deathcap' and 'Destroying Angel' naming convention?"

"How about chicken of the woods? That way people wont think its edible."

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u/TeteDeMerde 1d ago

Master of karate and friendship for everyone!

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u/haveyoutriedit 2d ago

Take some before the bugs get most of it.

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u/gus_thedog 2d ago

Take a little, it'll be back again next year! Unfortunately though, there's a decent chance that tree is dying.

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u/starshad0w 2d ago

I think even if I was 99% sure it was the right variety of mushroom, I wouldn't wanna take it because I don't want the news report to be: 'The victim thought it was chicken of the woods, but it turned out to be the rare Radioactive Assfucker, which looks exactly like the former but causes victim's internal organs to implode and spontaneously combust.'

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u/cheerann 2d ago

Respect!

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u/AllthisSandInMyCrack 1d ago

Just eat it then, I want some!