Chicken of the Woods Identification

Newly emerged, fresh chicken. At this stage, it is prime and tender with the lemon notes being at peak flavor.
Young chicken, balancing the perfect blend of supreme flavor, texture, and quantities.
Mature Chicken of the Woods
Mature Chicken of the Woods. Note its overlapping, ruffled shelves of orange with lighter yellow edges. Still very useful in culinary dishes, maxing out on quantities by volume at the sacrifice of texture and flavor.

Rewilding By Means of Nature Forests, Foraging & Foxes