Cratarellus

Mushrooms are the only vegetarian food that can make vitamin D. Actually, they contain a “pro-vitamin,” or precursor, called ergosterol that is converted into vitamin D when exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation—similar to how your skin synthesizes the vitamin in response to sun exposure. The Craterellus Ignicolor is known by some as Yellow Foot…

We have a wide variety of wild mushrooms on our farm, but you could grow your own. People do! Craterellus Ignicoloris is characterized by its small size, its fairly well developed false gills, which often develop pinkish shades with maturity, and its yellow-orange cap, which develops a perforation in its center and becomes vase-shaped. Some…