Hickory Chicken (1957)

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   DARE has 1966-1970 for "hickory chicken."  It's an edible mushroom.
   I came up dry on the similar "hen of the woods"...OT: This library closes in about ten minutes.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  Classified Ad 5 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Apr 22, 1958; pg. 61, 1 pgs

  Wild Mushrooms Add Fillip to Camp Steak; By Douglas Chevalier; The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959), Washington, D.C.; Jun 18, 1957; pg. A19, 1 pgs
("Known by different names in different localities, the most common are the Sponge Mushroom and the Honeycomb; in the South these are called Hickory Chickens because they often grow among dead hickory leaves.")