Categories DavidChicken of the Woods, high on a tree Post author By David Post date 28 August 2014 Chicken of the Woods is a fungus which grows like a stack of shelves on the trunks of trees – here high on a dead tree. It is reputed to taste like chicken and is considered by some to be a delicacy. ← St Johns Wort berries, Bantock Park → Poppies and ripening wheat