Mushrooms

Our mushroom products are the result of my interest in 'weird' plants (yes I know they are not plants!). I began planting mycologically infected trees (a symbiotic relationship between the tree roots and the fungi) back in 2013 but the success of these fungi are somewhat random and due to the fact they grow underground one cannot actually see how things are progressing until you come across a ‘mushroom’ – in saying that we have been starting to see results of the ‘above ground’ producing fungi! As these fungi cannot be recreated artificially these are truly seasonal and some years are more prolific than others!

Our fungi mixes include Birch Boletes, Slippery Jacks, Porcini as well as some of the Agaricus species and Giant Puffballs – all add a deep earthy mushroomy flavour to dishes, either when incorporated in the dish or when the mushroom is the star! Dehydrated mushrooms (sliced or powdered) as well as Pickled Boletes (‘Traditional’ and ‘Horopito & Garlic’) are available from the local Farmers Markets we attend until such stock run out for the year.