What to do with a Lion's Mane mushroom?

Make a keg of tea with it.

Cut the mushroom into 1/2 inch steaks or as best you can, uniformly.
Place them in a dry pan on medium. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes and flip. When the mushrooms have released water and start to brown, add the butter. Make sure every piece gets a bit on both sides. Be delicate as you handle them and don't stir them around. Season with salt and generous amounts of fresh ground pepper. Bring the heat down to low and cook until both sides are golden brown.

The furry fronds will go from soft to crispy and soak up all that butter.

Is that really a lion's mane? From a quick look at google images, they don't look like the one you are holding.

North Georgia people don't know how to cook. Honestly I was hoping to take a 1/4 of it and do something amazing with it...been researching. Unlike most threads, I will update if I'm there when this thing gets gone.

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We sliced through it just after I posted this and tried to pan sear it. We figured out that the only edible parts were the fronds, but still...it needed more work.

They ended up with a process of brining and blanching it before sautéing it and tossing it in a pasta dish. They said it tasted between crab meat and scallops.

The first night I cut into it though, it tasted like an old wetsuit that had been sitting on the floor of a boat.

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That sucks. I’m with other posters in thinking it may not have been a lions mane mushroom. That’s why I don’t mess around with wild mushrooms.

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Why? What reasons do you have to believe this? Simply saying that is complete ignorance. Seriously not eating wild mushrooms is an old wives tale that needs to go away. Do you not eat wild blueberries, or blackberries, or muscadines too? You simply have to be educated, I don't know a lot about mushrooms because we don't really have them in Florida. But I've got morel mushrooms in Tennessee and they are freaking delicious.