Are you making mushroom soup? Do you want to try a matsutake mushroom? How about some truffle oil? Chances are, if you live in San Francisco, we know where you can find all these mushrooms, and more.
San Francisco Market: Far West Fungi
In the Ferry Building is Far West Fungi, a small store that sells various types of fresh and dried mushrooms (lion's mane, morel, chantrelle, bluefoot, tree oyster, porcini, and plain 'ol button mushrooms, to name a few) books about mushrooms, truffle oils and truffle salts, and other mushroom-related paraphernalia, including mushroom growing kits. May is Garden Month on The Kitchn; imagine being able to harvest your own fresh mushrooms right outside your kitchen!
In addition to their location in the Ferry Building (which is open seven days a week) they also have stalls at various farmer's markets around the Bay Area. The staff is knowledgeable about all things fungi - take a look at their website, which contains a wild mushroom calendar, recipes, nutritional information, and a glossary of mushroom species. If it's about mushrooms - they have it, or they can find it.
Not in San Francisco? Don't fret; they have an online store.
Related: Recipe: Rich No-Cream Wild Mushroom Pasta Sauce
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I remember buying wild mushrooms from Connie, "the mushroom lady" when I lived in SF.
She heads out on forest and mountain trails foraging for mushrooms, staying in camps and hotels and then delivers the mushrooms to restaurants.
There is a profile of her in The French Laundry cookbook.
One kind of mushroom specific to the West Coast is candy cap. If you can find these they are pretty spectacular.
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art, I've heard of her! Do you know how I can contact her?
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I think her company is called Wine Forest Mushrooms?
She used to take people out on foraging trips too. I was supposed to go once but my ride partied a little too hard the night before. You drive to a meeting point somewhere in the country and then her group will take you to a foraging trail. No cell phones and plenty of mushroom vodka.
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Found her via google. Thanks, you may have inspired a future Kitchn post!
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