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The mushroom's Japanese name shiitake ( 椎茸) is a compound word composed of shii (椎, Castanopsis), for the tree Castanopsis cuspidata that provides the dead logs on which it is typically cultivated, and take (茸, "mushroom"). [ 5] The specific epithet edodes is the Latin word for "edible". [ 6]
matsutake. Matsutake ( Japanese: 松茸/マツタケ), Tricholoma matsutake, is a species of choice edible mycorrhizal mushroom that grows in Eurasia and North America. It is prized in Japanese cuisine for its distinct spicy-aromatic odor. [ 3][ 4]
Shimeji ( Japanese: シメジ, 占地 or 湿地) is a group of edible mushrooms native to East Asia, but also found in northern Europe. [ 1] Hon-shimeji ( Lyophyllum shimeji) is a mycorrhizal fungus and difficult to cultivate. Other species are saprotrophs, and buna-shimeji ( Hypsizygus tessulatus) is now widely cultivated.
Japan Amanita ibotengutake: Japanese ringed-bulbed Amanita muscimol and ibotenic acid [13] Japan Amanita muscaria: Fly agaric muscimol and ibotenic acid [11] Worldwide Amanita caesarea. Amanita jacksonii. Amanita hemibapha. Amanita neoovoidea: East Asian egg amidella 2-amino-4,5-hexadienoic acid [6] East Asia Amanita ovoidea: Amanita pantherina ...
Flammulina filiformis. Flammulina filiformis is a species of edible agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Physalacriaceae. It is widely cultivated in East Asia, and well known for its role in Japanese and Chinese cuisine. Until recently, the species was considered to be conspecific with the European Flammulina velutipes, but DNA sequencing has ...
Hericium erinaceus. ( Bull.) Persoon (1797) Hericium erinaceus, commonly known as lion's mane mushroom, yamabushitake, bearded tooth fungus, bearded hedgehog, or old man's beard, [1] is an edible mushroom belonging to the tooth fungus group. [2] Native to North America, Europe, and Asia, it can be identified by its long spines (longer than 1 ...
Grifola frondosa (also known as hen-of-the-woods, maitake (舞茸, "dancing mushroom") in Japanese, ram's head or sheep's head) is a polypore mushroom that grows at the base of trees, particularly old growth oaks or maples. It is typically found in late summer to early autumn. It is native to China, Europe, and North America.
Taxonomy. Lingzhi, also known as reishi from its Japanese pronunciation, is the ancient "mushroom of immortality", revered for over 2,000 years (with some evidence suggesting use in Neolithic China 6,800 years ago). [ 8] However, as of 2023 there is an ongoing debate on which one of the described Ganoderma species is the true lingzhi mushroom.