Lion's Mane - Fresh 500g
When fresh mushrooms are marked "Sold Out", there are none available for our next Wednesday delivery run. You can still contact us to order them for a different date.
Lion’s Mane is slightly sweet and mildly meaty, almost like lobster or crab. It is absorbent and spongy yet firm and meaty, holding its texture well for cooking. It pulls apart like chicken or it can be cut into 1-2cm thick “steaks” to fry flat in a pan. The unique strain we grow is particularly good for shredding and our favourite way to use it is a little bit at a time, in any meal we happen to be cooking.
Lion's Mane can be fried in butter with salt and any desired seasonings such as garlic, rosemary and cumin seeds. A squeeze of lemon for serving compliments the flavour beautifully. Lion’s Mane is excellent in soups. It can be marinated like meat and its subtle flavour make it a great replacement in a wide range of dishes.
Lion’s Mane has a longer fridge life than most gourmet mushrooms, lasting 2-3 weeks and sometimes longer. It turns yellow on the outside over time but remains edible and perfectly white on the inside for a long time.
We don't recommend washing our mushrooms before cooking them - they are always clean and pesticides are never used in our grow rooms.
We grow our mushrooms using rain water, W.A. Eucalyptus sawdust and local grains, including spent grains from local breweries. None of our substrates contain soy or lupin hulls.
Eating whole, fresh Lion’s Mane is the best way to enjoy its health benefits but it should not be consumed raw. Thorough cooking breaks down the tough cell walls and allows our bodies to digest them properly. Mushrooms are incredible chemical factories which produce a staggering variety of compounds which work in harmony to produce their effects. Culinary mushrooms like Lion's Mane don't need an alcohol extraction process to enjoy their benefits. They have also been consumed as tea for thousands of years.
You can find many scientific studies and YouTube videos about the chemical compounds produced by Lion's Mane mushrooms and their potential effects but due to Food Standards regulations, we can't include this information on our website. They contain many nutrients such as Potassium, Zinc, Manganese, Selenium, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2) and Niacin (B3).
We currently deliver for free between Yarloop, Eaton, Bunbury, Boyanup, Capel and Donnybrook on Wednesday afternoons. We can also deliver to Busselton, Dunsborough & Yallingup areas, typically for a $10-15 fee. Pickup can be arranged from our farm gate or from our markets in Boyanup and Serpentine-Jarrahdale. We cannot post fresh mushrooms.
