Beefsteak mushroom. One of the most amazing fungi you will ever come across. Beautiful, strange, and a little unsettling. They bleed when cut, which looks exactly like raw meat. Hold one in your hand and it feels like a lung or an organ. I once had one in a box in the van and it looked like I was carrying out a transplant. It is edible with a raw flavour that is unusual but interesting. You can dry it, marinate it, or cook it in different ways. Fresh, it only contains about 10% of the protein of

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