White Albino Shrooms

White albino shrooms taste different than the normal ones. Andrus and I discussed eating and flavor. Both of us agree the albino versions taste different.

The chanterelle aroma and flavor is there, but it is more subtle, they are only lightly perfumed, and have a more delicate, savory quality to them.

In the article, the difference in taste is postulated to be from specific terpenes (compounds responsible for how many plants smell) that the albino mushrooms lack. Similarly, I taste the same difference and muted flavor when I eat white lobster mushrooms (much more common in my experience than white chanterelles) alongside regular lobster mushrooms.

The case on the white albino shrooms chants is closed, but there are undoubtedly other fungal puzzles out there to unlock. The real takeaway here, as I see it, is a comment on the state of fungal research and the increasing importance of citizen science.