Wild Mushrooms

Rediscovering wild mushrooms

For a long time Canadians relied on wild berries, fruits, mushrooms and edible plants as an important element of their staple diet. This component of non-cultivated products has gradually diminished with the development of mechanized agriculture and urbanization. Many people today are simply unaware of the benefits and the flavours of some of these foods.

In recent years these natural products have become fashionable, and many small businesses began to harvest and package wild foods. OGourmet has decided to add a new line to its collection of fine products – wild foods, featuring more than 50 products from many small Canadian firms.

Consumers are often unfamiliar with many of the wild berries, fruits, mushrooms and plants that are available. To make up for this lack of knowledge, OGourmet presents information on the nature and use of these natural products. We hope that it will either refresh your knowledge or introduce you to these exciting products, providing tips on getting the best from these wild foods.

Dried wild mushrooms receive special attention in this collection. First of all, they taste good. In fact, some of them are quite simply sublime. Because these wild products are easy to preserve, they are all offered in dried form. Place them for a few minutes in water and they recover their size and taste. Not only that, but they are easy to use. You can almost always replace ordinary mushrooms with wild mushrooms and obtain exciting new flavours. We also offer a number of recipes to help you enjoy the exquisite taste of some of these mushrooms.

The species offered by OGourmet include: Black Morel (Morchella elata), Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), Delicious Lactarius (Lactarius thyinos), Hedgehog Mushroom (Hydnum repandum), Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea), Horn of Plenty (Craterellus fallax), King Bolete (Boletus edulis), Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum), Matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), Pig's Ears (Gomphus clavatus), Pleurotus (Panellus serotinus), Swollen-Stalked Cat (Catathelasma ventricosa), Trumpet Chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis) and Woolly Chanterelle (Gomphrus floccosus).

All these wild mushrooms, well known to our ancestors but now exotic to us, are provided by Gaspésie Sauvage in Quebec.

Dried mushrooms at the best price possible

For all these benefits you pay no more than what you would pay in any gourmet store, if you choose to fill up your cart above the free shipping level.

Our pricing policy is simple. We offer prices on gourmet food products that are lower than those of competitors, with handling and shipping fees included. When you fill up your basket to the “free delivery” level, you'll pay less than what our competitors charge. Take advantage of this winning formula to add gourmet food products to your order so that you get free delivery.

Satisfaction guaranteed

At OGourmet, we are confident that the quality of our wild mushrooms will meet, if not exceed, your expectations. If you are not satisfied with the quality of the products received from OGourmet, we will refund or exchange them if returned within 7 days of receipt.