Fresh Wild Mushrooms?

[sungold123.livejournal.com]

Is there anywhere in the area that sells a variety of fresh, wild mushrooms? Something like chanterelle, oyster, crimini... Can be a bit outside the Camberville area if necessary! Thanks in advance.

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[bettyw.livejournal.com]

I saw a variety at Russo's (http://russos.com/) in Watertown last week.

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

I just go out into the Middlesex fells and.... WHOA ELEPHANTS!!!!!

(alternatively: GRXXKH X-|)

[findingthegirl.livejournal.com]

I think that Sherman Market in Union Square has them sometimes. You might want to give them a call.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I've frequently seen those at Whole Foods on River Street in Cambridge, though I don't know if they're actually foraged wild, or if they're grown on farms. Probably the latter. But if it's just a variety of mushroom types you want, that's a good place to look.

[magid.livejournal.com]

+1

Russo's reliably has some interesting mushrooms, though exactly what varies.

I've also seen mushrooms at Harvest, in Central Sq.

[tlaad.livejournal.com]

Reliable market in Union square has a really good selection of cultivated mushrooms, which I know aren't exactly what you're looking for, but with the wide selection they have I bet you can find a good inexpensive substitute. For actually wild mushrooms (and sadly overpriced ones), I think Whole Foods is your best bet. Unfortunately, it isn't quite the right season to go out and find them yourself yet. :(

[tlaad.livejournal.com]

Rereading your post, I see you specified oyster--Reliable (and places like Star Market or Stop & Shop) should have those. Also, the secret about crimini is that they're the same mushroom as white supermarket mushrooms, just with different coloring. And are also not hard to find (although they're marked up from white mushrooms) at places like Star Market or Stop & Shop.

I am tragically full of only-impressive-to-me mushroom trivia.

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

Whole Foods at Fresh Pond often has these.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Huh, I thought I liked the taste of crimini mushrooms better than white mushrooms. Have I just been deluding myself with a brown-eggs white-eggs sort of thing?

[smoterh.livejournal.com]

Mushroom-nazi here. Technically 'wild' mushrooms are foraged late summer, typically starting in August. Crimini's can be found earlier in the season, but your typically 'wild' varieties like chantrelles or boletus are your typical late summer species. Oyster mushrooms are typically, if not only, grown on farms.

[tlaad.livejournal.com]

I got that factoid from my college mycology instructor--he says that it's a single gene mutation that gives the color difference, and that when they mature into portabellas their flavor does change. But, hey, we can be empiricists! Set yourself up a blind taste test!

Also, here's a link: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/apr2001.html

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Oh, but that says "the more flavorful brown strain", so I am not delusional. Whew. :)