We ordered the pink flamingo (i think that was the name) oyster mushroom kit from fungiperfecti.com several years ago. It was the only one that would grow where we live (S Florida) as it could tolerate higher temps. It produced for us really well the first go round and then gave us an okay harvest second time and I think it even gave us a few after that before it quit growing.
As far as fresh mushrooms, we've had morels, chanterelles, various kinds of oysters, one of the trumpets (blue I think), italian and domestic porcini, black truffles on rare occasions, and of course the old standbys of white and crimini/portabello. We have to order most of them on-line as other than the oysters and the old standbys we can't get locally as a regular consumer.
We've had shitakes but they are not my personal favorite, just don't like the taste.
I'd like to try Hen of the Woods but apparently they have caused allergies in a good number of people (they come with a warning on the Fungi Perfecti site). So, since I have a number of food/environmental allergies, don't want to pay $18+ a pound plus overnight shipping and then find out it's something I can't eat.
As far as fresh mushrooms, we've had morels, chanterelles, various kinds of oysters, one of the trumpets (blue I think), italian and domestic porcini, black truffles on rare occasions, and of course the old standbys of white and crimini/portabello. We have to order most of them on-line as other than the oysters and the old standbys we can't get locally as a regular consumer.
We've had shitakes but they are not my personal favorite, just don't like the taste.
I'd like to try Hen of the Woods but apparently they have caused allergies in a good number of people (they come with a warning on the Fungi Perfecti site). So, since I have a number of food/environmental allergies, don't want to pay $18+ a pound plus overnight shipping and then find out it's something I can't eat.
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