BELLOWS FALLS — Dried mushrooms can be readily found, but read the package carefully. In recent years, China has flooded the market with extremely cheap dried mushrooms with unknown quality control.
There are some good varieties of domestic dried mushrooms, many from Pennsylvania, which, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, produces 68 percent of the U.S.'s 946 million pounds of mushrooms annually.
Closer to home, dried mushrooms are available from Jamaica-based Terrafunga (terrafunga.com).
You can even dry your own. Resources for doing so abound on the web. For some simple instructions for drying mushrooms using your oven, visit thespruce.com/how-to-dry-mushrooms-oven-method-1327547.