Originally Posted by
Taosaur
My experience with people who say "EWWWWWWWWW mushrooms," such as myself up until 5-6 years ago, is they have little or no experience of mushrooms, and they've had traumatic experiences with bland mushrooms, poorly prepared. There are dozens, possibly hundreds of varieties of edible mushrooms, and I had the opportunity to try quite a few of them prepared by a master over the last few years; as an ex-fungiphobe, I assure you that any of them prepared well are delicious. Some of my favorites are miitake (hen-of-the-woods), hon shimejis, and chicken-of-the-woods, and another whose name I can't remember--a delicate, dark-banded little cap with the texture of a ripe cherry.