Frozen Lobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) are a premium wild mushroom product prized for their seafood-like aroma, firm meaty texture, and vibrant red-orange color. These mushrooms are wild-harvested at peak maturity, carefully cleaned, portioned, and flash-frozen to lock in flavor, color, and structure.
Lobster mushrooms are a parasitized mushroom species that develops a dense, steak-like bite and a naturally briny, shellfish-adjacent character. When properly cooked, they hold their shape exceptionally well, making them ideal for sautés, chowders, risottos, ravioli fillings, pasta dishes, and seafood-style preparations.
Why frozen
Freezing lobster mushrooms after proper cleaning and trimming:
Preserves their firm texture
Prevents spoilage common in fresh lobster mushrooms
Makes them available year-round beyond the short wild season
Allows chefs and home cooks to portion only what they need
Lobster mushrooms are a parasitized mushroom species that develops a dense, steak-like bite and a naturally briny, shellfish-adjacent character. When properly cooked, they hold their shape exceptionally well, making them ideal for sautés, chowders, risottos, ravioli fillings, pasta dishes, and seafood-style preparations.
Why frozen
Freezing lobster mushrooms after proper cleaning and trimming:
Preserves their firm texture
Prevents spoilage common in fresh lobster mushrooms
Makes them available year-round beyond the short wild season
Allows chefs and home cooks to portion only what they need
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Fozen Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) — Wild-Harvested, Chef-Ready
$39.99
(Per 1 lb)Estimated delivery
Order Placed
Apr 05
Order Ships
Apr 06
Delivered
Apr 07
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Welcome to Crown Fungi
Crown Fungi is a New York–based specialty mushroom company dedicated to sourcing and cultivating exceptional wild and cultivated mushrooms. Founded by Zakhar Dats, a certified wild mushroom forager through Mushroom Mountain, Crown Fungi operates with a deep respect for quality, safety, and seasonality.
With facilities in Brooklyn, NY, and Kingston, NY, we work directly with trusted, hands-on foragers and growers to bring you rare and hard-to-find varieties at peak freshness. Our rotating selection ranges from delicate and crunchy to deeply rich and earthy, offering chefs and home cooks access to mushrooms rarely found in conventional markets.
Every mushroom we sell is carefully selected, properly handled, and responsibly sourced—so you can explore new flavors with confidence and sophistication.
Your premier destination for unique, fresh, and exotic mushrooms. Indulge in our carefully curated selection of rare and delicious varieties.
We offer a rotating selection of rare and hard-to-find mushroom varieties. From delicate and crunchy to rich and earthy, our mushrooms are sure to impress.
Visit us today and discover a new dimension of flavor and sophistication.
