Maitake: Chicken of the tree

Noted: Sauteed in butter on a skillet, hen of the woods tastes like . . . well . . . chicken. Packed with vitamins and minerals, the mushroom can also be crumbled and eaten raw in salads. Dried, it?s added to soups or steeped for tea, which is described by Tom Volk, a University of Wisconsin mycologist, as “quasi-delicious.”