A name in the Etna region of Sicily for the parasol mushroom. Good baked with butter and garlic, or fried.
A name in Sicily for the fly agaric, a type of mushroom, the classic red with white spots. Famous for its psychoactive hallucinogenic properties this is the magic mushroom and is actually poisonous to eat.
A name in the Etna region of Sicily for the summer cep or bolete mushroom. A round, brown-capped mushroom with nutty flavour.
A name in Sicily for the fly agaric, a type of mushroom, the classic red with white spots. Famous for its psychoactive hallucinogenic properties this is the magic mushroom and is actually poisonous to eat.
A name in the Etna region of Sicily for the parasol mushroom. Good baked with butter and garlic, or fried.
Hen of the woods or maitake mushroom. A frilled fungus with many caps that grows on trees and which is edible when it is very young.
Mushroom picker or forager. Lives are lost each year as people hunt after dark in mountainous areas of Italy for mushrooms and from the occasional consumption of lethal fungus.
A dialect word of uncertain place of origin for the Caesar's mushroom. Excellent raw in salads or grilled, stuffed or used as a garnish.
