Deceivers

Laccaria bicolor, L. laccata

mushroom

Small, thin-fleshed but good mushrooms, mixed with other species, such as the winter chanterelle whose spots they share.

Origin

Forests of Europe

Season (United States)

June to November

Preparation

They are cleaned with a damp cloth, without soaking, the earthy stem base cut off, then pan-fried for about ten minutes; like all wild mushrooms, they are eaten cooked, never raw. If you pick it yourself, have the mushroom checked by a pharmacist or a mycological society before eating it.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucansIn small amounts, not counted Ergothioneine

Did you know?

Strongly hygrophanous, they change colour and texture with the weather.