The cold weather that was delivered with five inches of rain last week dealt me this beautiful flush. The shiitake in my hand is neither the largest nor the smallest. It is one of twenty close to perfect mushrooms I sliced off the plugged logs this afternoon.
I have a chance to win even bigger in the next few days. There are at least 27 more on the logs. They’re smaller, and I’m not sure if they are going to fill out as nicely as these. But I will bet on this: The twenty in the bowl are going to taste great!