38+ Lobster Mushroom Cut In Half. Lobsters are actually a mushroom that get parisitized by another fungus, called hypomyces. It's just a flesh wound.
They end up looking red, like cooked lobster, and lumpy and irregular in shape.
The gills of the host mushroom can be entirely obscured by the parasite. I prepared them simply by cutting them in ½ inch thick slices, brushed them with olive oil. The dark orange exterior of this mushroom is the stromatic sterile tissue of the ascomycete (hypomyces), and. Sautéed in butter, shallots and garlic, these lobster mushrooms are earthy and tender.