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Description: This bright yellow to orange mushroom has a convex to funnel-shaped cap 3/8 to 6 inches across with a wavy margin. The texture of the Chanterelle (cantharellus cibarius) is tender but not "crumbly." It doesn't disintegrate as easily as other mushrooms, and can hold its own decently when tossed, stirred, and sautéed.
Origin: Wild - Local |
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Description: Lobster mushroom (hypomyces lactifluorum) is not a mushroom, but rather a parasitic ascomycete that grows on mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster.
Origin: Wild - Local |
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Description: The morel (morchella) is highly regarded by gourmets. Their savory earthy flavor requires little embellishment. Their magnificent taste places them among the most highly prized of all the wild harvest mushrooms.
Origin: Wild - Local |
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Description: Porcini (boletus edulis) have a beefy and firm white stalk with a broad dark brown cap. It's soft, meaty white body is consistent throughout.
The meat-like texture of Porcini, with its earthy and nutty flavor allows for it to be used in infinite dishes.
Origin: Wild - Local |
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Description: Imported from Italy. Porcini (boletus edulis) have a beefy and firm white stalk with a broad dark brown cap. It's soft, meaty white body is consistent throughout.
The meat-like texture of Porcini, with its earthy and nutty flavor allows for it to be used in infinite dishes.
Origin: Wild, Urbani - Italy |
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Description: Mix of farmed mushrooms
Grower: Local |
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Description: The white winter truffle is round with a smooth-textured surface. It is not white in color, but yellow to brown, with brown spotting increasing as it matures. It has a translucent, grey flesh marbled with thin, white veins. White winter truffles release penetrating aromas of garlic, spices, musk and cheese when fully mature.
Origin: Italy |
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Description: The black summer truffle's fruiting body is black, round and covered with small diamond-shaped projections, moulded by stones surrounding it in the soil. When mature, this truffle is actually dark brown to black on the surface with a pale grey flesh and white marbling that does not change color when exposed to air. It has a woodsy aroma with a mild, wild mushroom-like flavor.
Grower: France / Italy |
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Description: The Himalayan truffle has many similarities to the black Perigord truffle, including color and size. However, it can be easily distinguished from the Perigord truffle by the veins on the flesh of the truffle as well as its lack of discernible taste or flavor.
Origin: China |
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Description: More or less a round shape, its size can go up to the size of an apple and even bigger, but it usually weighs around 2-3 oz. Its skin has a pyramidal scale and it's flesh goes from grayish to black with thin white veins when mature.
Origin: France |
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