A close-up, low-angle shot of a vibrant, pinkish-red mushroom with a distinctive, deeply etched honeycomb or net-like pattern on its underside. The mushroom is growing on the broken, splintered wood of a fallen log. A dried, dark brown leaf lies next to the mushroom, and the wood splinters have a weathered, gray and brown texture.

MMS Blog Posts

KF-COW: Cooking with Chicken of the Woods

Close-up of a vibrant Chicken of the Woods mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus) growing on a moss-covered log, displaying its distinctive bright yellow and orange ruffled shelves in a forest setting with soft natural lighting.

By MMS Culinary Correspondent, Mike Tangedal. I’m not as enamored with chicken fingers as today’s youth. I like chicken as much as the next omnivore, but I prefer chicken of the woods (COW). We have two varieties here, Laetiporus sulphureous…

I’m Bringing Pheasant Back!

Pheasant Backs on a stump

By Mike Tangedal, MMS Culinary Correspondent. Here’s a cooking article I wrote inspired by all the requests I’m getting in my feed on how to cook the first mushroom of the season – Cerioporus squamosus – the pheasant back or…

Give MMS Memberships for the Holidays!

An open mushroom field guide displaying an illustration of fungi rests on a wooden table beside a cozy blanket, a lit red candle, a cinnamon stick, and a warm beverage—evoking a holiday atmosphere.

Need a special stocking stuffer for that fungi fanatic in your life? We have just the thing for you! You can now purchase a gift membership to the Minnesota Mycological Society. When you give MMS memberships for the holidays, they will not expire until the end of the following year.