MATTITUCK MUSHROOMS is a small farm run by artists on Long Island’s North Fork.
Our mushrooms benefit from the same pristine glacial melt waters that feed the Laurel Lake (Kettle Hole) Preserve.
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We grow with the weather, changing our varieties to meet the seasons. We let the Mushroom lead the way, never adding something that is not asked for.
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Follow the Fungi … Listen Carefully.
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Love Agathe & Anthony
MUSHROOM
OF THE MONTH
Meet the Chestnut Mushroom, a golden-brown beauty known for its clustered blooms and rich, nutty flavor. With its lightly crunchy texture and savory depth, it’s a favorite among home cooks and chefs alike.
Perfect for stir-fries, soups, and pasta dishes, it adds both character and umami to any meal.
Explore its natural charm and bring a hearty, earthy twist to your cooking this month!
FORAGER'S
CORNER
Forager’s Corner is a shared community space where we invite you to post photos of the mushrooms you discover in the wild—and we’ll be sharing our own finds, too. Feel free to include as much or as little information as you’d like about the fungi in your photo. All mushrooms are welcome here: edible, inedible, unidentified, and the everyday varieties you spot along the way. Email mattituck.mushrooms@gmail.com with your photo entries.
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Here, Agathe shows off a giant maitake she foraged on the North Fork in early October.
AS SEEN ON
“Mushrooms do a lot of the work themselves,” Holbrooke said. “Slowly and gradually, without direct attention, we started growing more and more.”
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“The real truth to it is that we’re both sculptors. There’s nothing like a mushroom,” she said. “[Discarded materials] we’re collecting for making sculpture also go into making growing boxes for the mushrooms.”
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“By the end of the week, we have nothing left over,” Holbrooke said.
Mattituck Mushrooms may be a young farm by North Fork standards, but it’s certainly made a mark with its colorful and flavorful creations.
From the wonders of Mattituck Mushrooms to wild pollinator-supporting jam from Blossom Meadow Farm to riots of colorful flowers at the North Fork Flower Farm to the organic beef at McCall Wines, nurseries specializing in native plants, and a growing chorus of young farmers steeped in biodynamic practices learned from the experts at
KK’s The Farm, it’s little secret that the North Fork is a paradise for foodies and gardeners.
What may be more of a secret is the philosophy behind the variety of methods practiced by farmers here, and the communities and knowledge networks which, like the threads of fungal mycelium that pervade the soil, provide the
crucial communication necessary for a farming community to thrive.
