Exotic pink and yellow mushrooms grown in Southport, Lancashire, have gone on sale at Tesco.
The mushrooms, which are officially called Pink Oyster and Yellow Oyster, have gone on sale at 200 supermarket stores across the UK. In the last 12 weeks, demand for exotic mushrooms has rocketed by 55 per cent as more retailers begin to stock them.
The mushrooms, grown by producer John Dorrian, will be sold alongside exotic variety Pioppino and cost £1.59 per pack.
Tesco mushroom buyer Simon Mandelbaum: “These mushrooms are so vividly coloured they literally stop people in their tracks and make them do a double-take.
“Parents will love them as they should add a lot of interest to mealtime for kids and help encourage them to eat their vegetables.
“Not so long ago gourmet mushrooms were still the preserve of real foodies and could generally only be found in specialist shops.
“Over the last few years that has changed and TV celebrity chefs such as Nigella Lawson, Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White have featured them in their programmes and they have started to go mainstream.”
The mushrooms are produced by specialist grower Smithy Mushrooms who are based in Ormskirk, Lancashire and who have been growing exotic varieties for 20 years.
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