Serves: 5

Type Description

Button Ordinary white grocery-store mushrooms.

Mushrooms

Cremini Like button mushrooms but grown indoors and have light brown caps and richer flavor.

Enoki Long, skinny stems with rounded, snowy white thumbtack-sized heads. The wild form has orangy-brown, very shiny caps.

Mushrooms

(cultivated and

wild)

Oyster The cap color varies from white to gray or brown. The flavor is fairly robust and slightly peppery but becomes milder when cooked.

mushrooms

(cultivated and

wild)



Porcini Large wild mushrooms with thick stems and reddish caps. Also called cèpes.

Portobello Large, meaty, brown-capped great for grilling.

mushrooms

Shiitake Flat brown cap with chewy texture and distinctive flavor that hints at onion. Readily available fresh and dried fibrous stems can be discarded or mushrooms used to flavor soup stalk.

(cultivated and

wild)



Wild Mushrooms Intensely earthy flavors. Most varieties are quite expensive because availability is seasonal and depends on local foragers. Varieties you may find include chanterelles, porcini and morels.

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