Fresh Dryad Saddle Mushrooms Scotland | Wild Foraged Cerioporus Squamosus | Spring Fungi – Coeur Sauvage

Price range: £9.25 through £16.50

Fresh dryad saddle mushrooms Scotland — one of spring’s most fleeting and exquisite wild foraged pheasant back mushroom UK delicacies, hand-picked at their tender peak from woodlands across Scotland and Europe each May and June.

Young Cerioporus squamosus delivers a clean cucumber-fresh brightness, gentle nutty sweetness, and luxurious tender bite — magnificent shaved raw into salads, sautéed in butter, folded into risotto, or infused into spring wild mushrooms gourmet Scotland broths.

Buy dryad saddle mushrooms online UK now before this precious short season ends — a truly rare Cerioporus squamosus chef ingredient delivered fresh via Royal Mail Tracked 24. 🍄

Dryad Saddle: A Gourmet Forager’s Delight

Dryad Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus) is a spring delicacy prized by chefs who know how fleeting its perfect stage can be. When picked young — before the pores widen and the flesh toughens — it offers a luxurious, tender bite

 

Flavour Profile

  • Bright, clean, vegetal notes reminiscent of cucumber or watermelon rind
  • A gentle nutty sweetness that deepens when sautéed

 

Recipe ideas for the Home Foodies

  • Shaved raw into salads with lemon and olive oil
  • Sautéed in butter to highlight its nutty sweetness
  • Folded into risotto for a spring woodland aroma
  • Infused into broths for a clean, savoury depth

 

Pairing Notes

Dryad Saddle shines alongside:

  • Light poultry like chicken or quail
  • Spring vegetables such as asparagus or broad beans
  • Creamy starches like polenta or fresh pasta

 

Ingredients:
100% Fresh Dryad Saddle
Note: Packed on premises handling wild nuts, seeds, mustard, celery, crustaceans & molluscs (trace via seaweed).

 

Seasonality:
From May till June mostly, although chicken of the wood can still be foraged until September in the UK.

 

Origin:
Foraged in the UK and various European countries

 

Storage:
Keep refrigerated. Use within 2-3 days of delivery.

 

Shipping:
All fresh items ship via Royal Mail Tracked 24

Weight

250g, 500g, 1kg

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Important Shipping Notice

We only dispatch our orders Tuesday to Thursday in order to avoid parcels being stored at delivery depots over the weekend.