Pheasant Back / Dryad Saddle Recipes

The pheasant back mushroom or dryad saddle (Cerioporus squamosus) is a common mushroom that infects and decomposes elm and box elder trees. If you hunt morels you're likely to see them. Finding them is easy, finding delicious ones is more tricky.

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For tips on finding the best mushrooms for the table see my guide to pheasant backs below.

Pheasant Back Mushrooms

General Cooking

Soup is one of the best things you can make with these, but they can also be sauteed, cooked and frozen, dried or pickled. Older mushrooms can be made into mushroom broth.

White Wine Pheasant Backs

Dryad Saddle / Pheasant Back Broth

Dryad Saddle Ramen