Shrimp Of The Woods
Yes these are Armillaria or Desarmillaria honey mushrooms that have been parasitized and deformed by Entoloma abortivum and are called shrimp of the woods.
Shrimp of the woods. Woods um kinda taste like it kinda smell like watermelon rhymes but people uh relate. Im not a trained chef and I am sure that there are other ways to prepare these mushrooms but Ill share with you what I ended up doing for my Sunday lunch today. First named Clitopilus abortivus by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis it was given its current name by the Dutch mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1949.
This is a um these they produce this uh aborted ans and uh these mushrooms are the actual mushroom from this fungus so two forms of the same fungus here and the shrimp of. The shrimp of the woods. Shrimp of the Woods.
My Girlfriend likes to bread them and fry them. Posts about Shrimp of the Woods written by jcdoty. The mountainside behind our place growing up in western Maryland was littered with them every fall.
Shrimp of the Woods aka Aborted Entoloma Published on November 29 2018 This is one of the first mushrooms I remember picking as a kid. Out here with my buds and were picking uh shrimp of the woods. I had heard of these through another chef friend of mine but it took me a while to find them on my own.
For whatever reason they never really grabbed my attention. Also known as aborted entolomas-a terrible name for an easily identifiable edible wild mushroom. This is the unaborted form of Entoloma abortivum.
I do not make any warranties as to the safety of consuming any wild foods and accept no liability or responsibility for any consequences resulting from the use of or reliance upon the information contained herein nor for any health problems consequences or symptoms. Blackened Shrimp of The Woods Jump to Recipe Print Recipe At the restaurant I like to keep cleaned gently rinsed mushrooms covered between two towels in an open container like the fish box pictured. I usually just saute them with a little salt pepper MSG vegan butter and love.