Dried Horn of Plenty Mushrooms

The least likely looking edible wild mushrooms, the Horn of Plenty, but truly a gourmet ingredient. Their size is modest and their flesh thin, and their aroma is delightful. This mushroom is used to flavor dry, mild-tasting white wines

The color of this gourmet mushroom varies between gray, brown, and black. The best place to find them is in places where beech and oak trees are mixed.

Horn of Plenty have no gills or any other specialized pore-producing structures. It is a cone- to trumpet-shaped layer of tissue that flares on the bell end of the trumpet. The edge at the flared end is typically inrolled.