Where to buy mushrooms?

[Au revoir, Gopher]

The culinary variety

Looking for something besides the usual grocery store fare. Don't have anything in particular in mind, thought I would see what I could find and go from there. Although, if I could find some candy caps...

ARG

[josey]

I haven't had luck finding good ones.

I bought Chanterelle at Costco a few years ago. They had no flavour. Truly miss mushrooms I used to buy everywhere in Europe.

Costco has a large tub of dried gourmet mushrooms though, they are fantastic in soup and stews.

[Reeves1]

Used to buy them from the mushroom plant (?) just east of Airdrie.....was in the 80s though ?
No idea if it's still there.

[Sundancefisher]

I want to try the grow your own kit

Culinary also.

[Badgerbadger]

Try the Italian Center Shops, or T&T Markets.

[Red Bullets]

You need to go to the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Farmers market in Calgary.

Pennybun's Mushrooms will be back in action for the winter season at the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Farmer's Market​ starting January 11. Every Wednesday from 3-7pm.

Here's their product list.
http://www.pennybunsmushrooms.ca/product%20list

In April or May I may have some morels for sale if there is a good crop. Fresh or dried. PM me if you want.

[Jeron Kahyar]

Try here: https://untamedfeast.com they are all wild picked mushrooms (all be it dried). Everything I have got from them has been great. Based out of Edmonton, they travel around Canada to pick mushrooms.

[HowSwedeItIs]

Have you tried the Italian Centre down there in Calgary? I remember seeing a bunch of different kinds at the edmonton locations

[Koschenk]

As stated above the T&T always has a good variety, there are 2 locations in Calgary as well.

[pikergolf]

Our local co-op has a good selection of various dried shrooms.

[Flatlandliver]

Originally Posted by Reeves1

Used to buy them from the mushroom plant (?) just east of Airdrie.....was in the 80s though ?
No idea if it's still there.

Money’s Mushrooms (called all seasons now)

North of Airdrie now.
East side of the #2 by the Crossfield turnoff.

http://www.allseasonsmushrooms.com/

[^v^Tinda wolf^v^]

You can buy spore syringes for the magical kind and I would assume the other kind too

[grouse_hunter]

Most "regular" mushroom-houses are plagued with a wide assortment of insect and microbiological pest and are one of the heaviest users of pesticides in the horticultural industry.

I prefer to buy organic mushrooms if I must. Usually I get them from Planet Organic. Mona Foods at the Old Strathcona Farmers Market offers a variety of quality regular mushrooms.

Between a busy mushroom picking season and my borderline laboratory cultivated mushrooms I have all of my fungal needs filled.

I strongly recommend Paul Stamets' Fungi.com. He is a very well respected mycologist with many published works in peer reviewed publications.
One of his most acclaimed works is "Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms". This book will give any reasonably intelligent individual all of the necessary knowledge to cultivate their own edible mushrooms.

The products that his company offers are of the highest quality. I've been their customer for over a decade and have personal experience with both the equipment they sell and the mushroom cultures/spores they offer. I couldn't be happier.

[Spooner]

Originally Posted by Au revoir, Gopher

The culinary variety

Looking for something besides the usual grocery store fare. Don't have anything in particular in mind, thought I would see what I could find and go from there. Although, if I could find some candy caps...

ARG

Go to T&T in the NE.

The prices are amazing. So is the quality. Far better than Co-op or Safeway.

The shiitakes and king oysters are great. The shiitakes are premium.

Note that the shiitakes and enoki there contain natural and powerful tumour suppressing compounds among other benefits.

Always cook your mushrooms and leave the button mushrooms alone. They're trash.

Replace portobellos with big meaty shiitakes as well.

[79ford]

Originally Posted by Badgerbadger

Try the Italian Center Shops, or T&T Markets.

Yup, second this one. The asians love different kinds of mushrooms same with the europeans. I usually use the italian center since they tend to use local companies to supply them

[Au revoir, Gopher]

Thanks guys. I went to the Italian Center Shop and found a couple varieties that aren't at the local grocery stores. Dried morels for $38/ounce... Ow! I will give some of the other suggestions a try in the new year (not sure why I didn't think of T&T).

I have considered growing my own, but I don't need another obsession - er - I mean hobby.

I do need to learn more about identifying mushrooms and start harvesting my own. I had hoped my daughter would become the family expert on identifying mushrooms (she is a plant biologist after all) but she is waiting for me to learn and teach her

ARG

[Northwinds]

MB1 on this board is a mushroom grower.

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by Au revoir, Gopher

Thanks guys. I went to the Italian Center Shop and found a couple varieties that aren't at the local grocery stores. Dried morels for $38/ounce... Ow! I will give some of the other suggestions a try in the new year (not sure why I didn't think of T&T).

I have considered growing my own, but I don't need another obsession - er - I mean hobby.

I do need to learn more about identifying mushrooms and start harvesting my own. I had hoped my daughter would become the family expert on identifying mushrooms (she is a plant biologist after all) but she is waiting for me to learn and teach her

ARG

38 bucks a dried ounce for morels? WoW! On a good day in a good area you can pick 20 or 30 dried ounces of morels. The pics are from about 3 leisurely hours of picking.

Definitely learn a few local growing mushrooms. The Alberta Alberta Mycological Society has a chapter in Calgary that go out of mushroom hunts. They probably have a day course in ID. Take your daughter along to the day course/pick.