Chicken (of the woods)

Haha- had you all there! (Still on the chicken theme though and therefore tenuously linked to birds for all you purists out there). This edible (and very tasty) fungi is called Chicken of the Woods Laetiporus sulphureus

Thanks to Ethan Veale for finding this forest feast for us at Nendrum Monastic Site, Co. Down earlier this week. A bit of garlic and butter - it apparently went down very well at Chez Veale Evening Bistro! (which is just as well because there are rumours that Paddy the Psychic Cephalopod was nearly on the menu last night)