People say they taste like lobster. I think this is a bit of an exaggeration but I can see where they’re coming from, definitely in texture.
It looks like millions of little worms - sorry
oh yeah, it’s a mushroom!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_erinaceus
they can get really fucking crazy in the wild, like in that wiki picture
That’s a cool looking shroom
That shit is wild. And I would never have thought, “Yes, this goes in my mouth.”
But maybe I’ll give it a shot if I can find it around here. My biggest problem with mushrooms is the texture, so more lobster like texture may help.
There are a few I’d recommend for their texture because I grew up dreading soggy portabellas. Lion’s mane is a good introduction to how varied they can be, but I’d compare it more to crab than lobster in texture since it’s more flaky than chewy. Chicken of the woods is a wild forage in hardwood forests but is very texturally similar to chicken. Hen of the woods and oyster mushrooms fry up like bacon with a more intense umami contribution to dishes. King oysters are dense enough to grill and have the texture and taste of pork belly.
Hericium is a prized mushroom. Lots of research going on now into potential therapies for many psychological and physical problems from its extracts.
Thank you traditional Chinese medicine
i’ve heard paul stamets rep it pretty hard plz disregard joey, paul stamets is fun and his hat is made of mycelium.
I actually listened to this before - Paul stametz is probably the biggest name in mycology - although he is a pretty big myco simp, selling it hard everywhere.
I want his mushroom bee inoculators to be available.
Nice! I think it’s the only jre episode I’ve ever listened to in its entirety. Are you talking about these things?
Stamets’ Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms is the gold standard cultivation guide. 517 pages in my edition with exhaustively detailed information about all known culinary and medicinal mushrooms. He’s like Terrence McKenna for me in that I don’t like the woo but understand the genius.
edit: also why the fuck are his spawns so expensive. It’s a grain spawn. Why is it $80.
I found my first one in the wild a couple weeks ago! They’re so good!
Wow that is honestly sick af. Were you hunting for it or just hiking? Mushroom hunting sounds really enjoyable but i’ve become nocturnal since losing my job
