300 edible mushroom varieties thrive in Wisconsin. Cooking wild mushrooms has become popular with many restaurants and one of the most popular is chicken in the woods. This mushroom is great in stews and casseroles in place of chicken. Other popular uses are in stir-fries or marinated in a satay sauce and skewered. Mushroom Cabin #5 is constructed of maple, ash, and box elder and supports chicken of the woods and oyster mushroom spores.