King Stropharia are finally on their way!
Well its taken a while and the last six months have been pretty crazy with the arrival of our new little one, but we now have 35 spawn bags of…
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Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum)
Regarded by many as the best edible mushroom species occurring wild in Southern Australia, the Brown Birch Bolete has a complex, nutty flavour somewhat similar to the highly prized Porcini…
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Saffron Milk Cap – Pine Mushroom (Lactarius deliciosus)
Introduced on its mycorrhizal host plant, Pinus radiata, and now widespread throughout pine plantation and groves throughout Southern Australia from Perth to Hobart, Melbourne to New South Wales, this mushroom…
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Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda)
Selby Shroom’s favourite mushroom – the wood blewit is an magnificent looking species with lilac gills, a meaty mottled lilac stem, a strong margin and a viscid lilac to brown cap….
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Grey Ghost / Grey Knight (Tricholoma terreum)
A common imported species that appears on mass every year in Selby is Tricholoma aff. terreum. In the past this mushroom was considered edible – and in France and the…
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Suillus luteus / granulatus (The Slippery Jack / Sticky Bun)
Probably the first wild mushrooms occurring in Southern Australia that gained popularity with the burgeoning new generation of gourmet mushroom hunters, this mushroom has been a staple for many people…
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Macrolepiota clelandii (the Australian Parasol mushroom)
Just behind my house I was lucky to find a bunch of Australian Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota clelandii) growing on the verge of a gravel road as they do every year….
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Marasmius oreades – the fairy ring mushroom
Marasmius oreades – the fairy ring mushroom The Fairy Ring Champignon is a cute little guy that appears in open or manured grasslands in sometimes quite amazing fairy rings. The…
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Coprinus comatus (The Shaggymane)
Often forgotten in favour of more popular species, the Shaggymane is still an impressive culinary gourmet mushroom in its own right, although its habit of disintegrating into an inky mass…
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King Stropharia – Wine Cap – Stropharia rugosoannulata
The King Stropharia is a massive, meaty, burgundy-capped mushroom that grows traditionally in temperate regions of the United States and Northern New Zealand in Spring. It is also becoming increasingly…
