I used these two recipes 1,2 but I substituted foraged shrimp of the woods (still considered a form of Entoloma abortivum, i think), which are these weird mushrooms that result from one species of mushroom (entoloma) attacking another (the honey mushroom). I also threw in a few shishitos and one spicy havasu pepper from the garden along with a shallot.

I cooked the shrimps first because they take A WHILE and on their own they were still tasty. I'd say they're as close to actual shrimp as chicken of the woods is to actual chicken. Which is like, a mushroom taking an honestly pretty impressive stab at immitating the flavor and texture of a particular meat. The texture was like 7.5/10 shrimpy and the flavor was 4/10 shrimpy. Mildly nutty, not really conventionally mushroomy- with a skosh of imagination then yeah maybe a bit shrimplike.

This came out fantastic though and I'm looking forward to making it for friends next time I come across shrimp of the woods!

It turned out fantastic, this is definitely my go-to dish from now on when I find a chicken. I went by this recipe and then just melted butter over spaghetti which I then microwaved with some paremesan. 🐔 !shroomjak

On the top is artist's conk, Ganoderma applanatum. You can draw on the pore surface with a sharp stick. Its Japanese name — kofuki-saru-no-koshikake — means “Powder-Covered Monkey’s Bench” which like, come on, who doesn't love that. Apparently the spores can end up on the tops due to electrostatic forces (don't ask me) so imagine a lil monkey taking a seat on one of these and then he stands up and there's powder on his butt! Ha! 🤭

Also Diane Fossy wrote that they're a prized gorilla snack and they'll even fight over them.

Then we've got a funeral bell, Gallerina marginata. G. marginata is in some ways the opposite of a Good margarita as ingesting even a piece of the already small mushroom could have enough amatoxin to kill you if left untreated.

In the middle is crown-tipped coral, Artomyces pyxidatus. I was really happy to find this one as it was my first time coming across a coral fungus. At a distance I almost mistook it for the white jelly fungus that's all over the forest right now.

The bottom-right are a pair of cinnabar chanterelles, Cantharellus cinnabarinus. They're also called red chanterelles but to me it would be crazy to pass up the chance to use the word "cinnabar." They're usually small - maybe around two inches tall - but these were an inch, probably less. If it was a larger patch maybe I'd have taken some home to eat but there were only a few (all tiny) so I left em for the creatures.