Lobster Mushroom
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Pender Island, BC
November 2024
The Lobster mushroom has a sweet, seafood-like taste. Can be fried in butter or olive oil and made crispy in the oven.
According to Wikipedia, Hypomyces lactifluorum, or the lobster mushroom, is a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster. Contrary to its common name, the species itself is neither a mushroom nor a crustacean.
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Pender Island, BC
November 2024
The Lobster mushroom has a sweet, seafood-like taste. Can be fried in butter or olive oil and made crispy in the oven.
According to Wikipedia, Hypomyces lactifluorum, or the lobster mushroom, is a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster. Contrary to its common name, the species itself is neither a mushroom nor a crustacean.