The Loire Valley’s other gastronomical delight
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by Amy
Posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 10:06 pm CET
On Tuesday we visited the Musee du Champignon outside Saumur, France. In the Saumur region there are many troglodyte buildings cut into the soft rock valley walls; the region produces more mushrooms than any other in France. We had a tour of the mushroom caves which included exotic specimens as well as the more common types of mushrooms grown and sold in France.
![Mushroom Bed](https://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2008/MushroomBed.jpg)
Bed of mushrooms
![Exotic mushrooms](https://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2008/MushroomExotic.jpg)
Exotic mushrooms growing from plastic bags
![Shitake mushrooms](https://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2008/MushroomShitake1.jpg)
Shiitake mushrooms
![Shitake mushrooms](https://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2008/MushroomShitake2.jpg)
Shiitake mushrooms
![Do not smoke mushrooms](https://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2008/MushroomSign.jpg)
At the entrance: Do not smoke the mushrooms
Posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 10:06 pm CET
On Tuesday we visited the Musee du Champignon outside Saumur, France. In the Saumur region there are many troglodyte buildings cut into the soft rock valley walls; the region produces more mushrooms than any other in France. We had a tour of the mushroom caves which included exotic specimens as well as the more common types of mushrooms grown and sold in France.
![Mushroom Bed](https://www.wolfstad.com/wp-content/2008/MushroomBed.jpg)
Bed of mushrooms
Exotic mushrooms growing from plastic bags
Shiitake mushrooms
Shiitake mushrooms
At the entrance: Do not smoke the mushrooms