Categories DavidChicken of the woods, Himley Plantation Post author By David Post date 6 August 2015 Chicken of the woods (sulfur polypore) is an edible and quite common bracket fungus which is said to taste like chicken.These fruiting bodies looked very fresh when I came across them in Himley Plantation, and must only have been a few hous old. ← Jack go to bed at noon, seed head → Chicken of the woods, Himley, revisited