Gimee Five: Exotic mushrooms

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selection of five different grow your own exotic mushroom kits

It’s getting to that time of year when wild mushrooms start to appear. A lovely free meal if you know what you’re picking!

Exotic mushrooms taste delicious in all kinds of pasta & rice dishes – or thrown into a simple omelette. Foraging isn’t possible for everyone though – so here are five kits that offer a convenient & safe option.

  1. Lion’s mane – £21.99, Thompson & Morgan
  2. Grow your own pearl oyster mushrooms kit – £14, notonthehighstreet
  3. Common morel morchella esculenta mushroom kit – €16.96, eBay
  4. Elm mushroom growing kit – £9.99, Amazon
  5. Mushroom windowsill kit – shiitake – £9.99, Suttons Seeds