Fairy ring mushrooms

Marasmius oreades

mushroom

A small spring mushroom of the “fairy rings”, fragrant for omelettes.

Origin

Meadows of Europe

Season (United States)

May to October

Preparation

The tough stem is cut off; the caps are pan-fried for a few minutes. The fool's funnel, highly toxic, grows in the same meadows: whiter, with more crowded gills running down the stem. Fibrecaps grow among them too. 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?

Its circles in the meadows, due to the mycelium, fed many legends.