Coprinus chocolatus?

In February I wiped out while snowboarding, tearing my MCL, bruising my ACL, and ending any chance to look for mushrooms in the early spring. Not that there are a whole lot, but it's fun to find some before the Amanitas, Russulas, Coprinus, and others begin popping up.

Made by Meiji Seika in Singapore (you can see many of their products here) these chocolate mushrooms have a habit of popping up in our kitchen. And like wild, foraged mushrooms, they don't last long. At the moment we have chocolate-capped mushrooms with cracker stems, and white chocolate-capped mushrooms with chocolate cracker stems. They are a bit easier to identify than your usual small spring mushrooms. The Amazon.com listing is here.

In fact, if I was really desperate for finding mushrooms I could set up a little photo shoot with these chocolate mushrooms in a more natural setting... well, if you consider a slice of bread and a jade plant to be a more natural setting.

Here's hoping my knee heals quickly, or you may be subjected to more entries like this.