EXCLUSIVE: PremiumLobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) are a premium wild mushroom product prized for their seafood-like aroma, firm meaty texture, and vividred-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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Frozen Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) — Wild-Harvested, Chef-Ready — USA Shipped
$39.99
(Per 1 lb)Estimated delivery
Order Placed
May 10
Order Ships
May 11
Delivered
May 12
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Crown Fungi is a New York-based specialty mushroom company founded by Zakhar Dats, a certified wild mushroom forager through Mushroom Mountain. We source and deliver exceptional wild and cultivated mushrooms from our facilities in Brooklyn and Kingston, NY.
We work directly with trusted foragers and growers to bring you rare, hard-to-find varieties at peak freshness. Our catalog includes wild-harvested morels, chanterelles, matsutake, black trumpets, porcini, and ultra-rare imports like French Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea) and Chinese termite mushrooms.
Every mushroom is carefully selected, properly handled, and responsibly sourced. Whether you're a chef looking for premium ingredients or a home cook exploring new flavors, Crown Fungi delivers quality you can trust.
