Shiitake mushroom

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Name Variations

 * shitake mushroom
 * black forest mushroom
 * black mushroom
 * black winter mushroom
 * brown oak mushroom
 * Chinese black mushroom
 * oriental black mushroom
 * forest mushroom
 * golden oak mushroom
 * donko

About Shiitake mushroom
Wikipedia Article About Shiitake mushrooms on Wikipedia

The shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes; Japanese: 椎茸, shiitake; Chinese: 香菇; Hanyu Pinyin: xiānggū, literally "fragrant mushroom" or "delicious mushroom"; Korean: hangul: 표고; hanja: 瓢菰; pyogo), also known as Chinese black mushroom or black forest mushroom, is an edible mushroom typically cultivated on the shii tree. Two Chinese variant names for high grades of shiitake are dōnggū (冬菇, "winter mushroom") and huāgū (花菇, "flower mushroom," which has a flower-like cracking pattern on the mushroom's upper surface); both are produced at colder temperatures.

Lentinus edodes, the golden oak mushroom, is now being cultivated in this country. It is also available dried. Its flavor is exceptional.