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What's your favorite wild mushroom?


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Like the topic says: What's your favorite wild mushroom? Feel free to list more than one but list them most favorite first then second favorite etc. My #1 favorite wild mushroom is Morels and my #2 favorite is Oysters. From here there are others that I eat that I like all about the same.

I can't wait until Spring. I'm setting inside here in Central Missouri being bored. I dreamed of finding a huge bunch of Oyster mushrooms the other night. Come on Spring!!!

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Thats a tough one. I dont think i have eaten enough yet to have a specific. So far i can just say favorite meals i have had. #1. was a bears head tooth That was grilled with shrimp and scallops and served with steak. Absolutely the best mushrooms i have ever tasted. #2. were smooth chantetelles and horn of plenties fried with leeks flambeed with Jim Beam and served over porterhouses. #3. Was yellow morels stuffed with a salmon stuffing i made from grilled salmon, bread and roasted red peppers. After stuffing i dredged them in egg and flour and pan fried them.

So I'd have to list them as my top 4, but couldn't tell you what order they'd be in.

I've been involved in two mushroom dream experiences. A few years back my mushroom hunting partner dreamed we were in the woods and morels were everywhere. The next day we found a sycamore hollow with 10 pounds of morels for the taking. Last year i dreamed i found 1 morel under a local dead elm. Sure enough that was the only morel I took home last year.

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Pretty new to everything but morels. They would still be # 1. Followed by Oysters in # 2 .... but ... I have very limited experience with King Boletes, They may rate higher this coming year. I do like Chicken of the Woods especially as the basis for a good stir fry. Though I should be in prime 'hen' habitat, I've never found one. I did find Bear Head 'tooth' last year and grilled it with lots of butter... VERY good.

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Of the only 2 species I've harvested last year, Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) and Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus) I'd have to say the chanterelle is my favorite so far. I actually just cooked the last of my chicken of the woods in a spaghetti, which was delicious , so spring needs to hurry and get here. Very novice to foraging for wild edibles and look forward to this years harvest. All the talk about most peoples favorite being a morel has me super excited to get out and harvest some. They can't possibly taste better than chanterelles ! Just wanna thank all of you again for the help IDing and good conversation. Just wish we had more activities here in south louisiana dealing with mushrooms and foraging.

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Old Oak, do you ever find any chanterelles in Nebraska? There are several different NA species of Golden Chanterelles.

No...unfortunately. At least I've never found any. I spend a considerable ammount of my time hunting in Oak woods, so if they were there I think I'd have found them. I've heard rumor that there may be one, but that could also be a false ID. There's quite a few russulas that I find in late summer that some folks might mix up if they didn't know better.

We get the ones I mentioned, honey mushrooms, chicken of the woods, something that I think is blewit (not sure I'll post a picture next time I come accross one). That's about it as far as I've found.

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European boletus edulis, lobster, entoloma abortivum, hericium coralloides, grifola frondosa. No particular order except the Kings I had while in Wales are numero uno.

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Morels are great, but I've only had one season under my belt on them. Love Chanterelles and Lobsters as far as finding, just love it when the woods starts popping with yellows and oranges. As far as taste I love Hedgehogs and Hens.

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I wish I could find some Matsutake here in PA. Quite uncommon --or maybe even rare-- here in eastern North America.

Hayabusa, do you use Candy Caps in similar ways to other edible mushrooms? Or do you use them only as a flavoring ingredient? Lactarius rubidus is the western NA species called Candy Cap in field guides. It is listed as edible for most people (some are allergic to it). The eastern NA species L. camphoratus is also called Candy Cap in some manuals. However, it is mostly listed as inedible. Phillips says it is used in Germany as a spice. I have found it, but the odor does not remind me of maple syrup.

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My limited experience only includes 5 species, but it is hard to beat the wonderful morel for all around flavor and texture. And they go well with almost

all meats and seafood .

The chants we find here are delicious at times, but I have found that their flavor level varies greatly . Sometimes they will be full flavored, and other

times rather bland . Not sure why this is .

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Adawg, chants tend to persist in-situ for extended time periods, often for weeks. I think when they get dowsed with several rainfalls the flavor gets a bit washed out. I have also noticed variability in the intensity of flavor. But even the chants that aren't the very best are still really good.

Cedric, how do you prepare Amanita jacksonii? It is somewhat uncommon in my area. But I do run across a nice fruiting every few years. More common in my neck of the woods is A. banningiana, a smaller yellowish-orange Caesar. I like these lightly sauteed and combined with scrambled eggs. A nicely flavored but mild mushroom.

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