The most autumnal of culinary offerings, damp, woodsy and tenderly pungent, each variety with its own unique talents, mushrooms can play a host of characters in your dinner time show.

Portobello mushrooms lend their size and shape to effortless baking or frying to be paired with bread, be it either on top of a crusty well-toasted slice or sandwiched between two buns. What you add is up to you, garlic olive oil and oregano, butter and thyme, or go all out and stuff them with chopped prawns or crab. The possibilities are vast.