Chinese mushroom
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Edible mushroom
Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruiting bodies of several species of fungi. Mushrooms belong to the macrofungi, because their fruiting structures are large enough to be seen with the naked eye. They can appear either below ground or above ground where they may be picked by hand...
s used in Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...
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They include:
- Auricularia auricula-judaeAuricularia auricula-judaeAuricularia auricula-judae, known as the Jew's ear, jelly ear or by a number of other common names, is a species of edible Auriculariales fungus found worldwide. The fruiting body is distinguished by its noticeably ear-like shape and brown colouration; it grows upon wood, especially elder...
- Agrocybe aegerita, Agrocybe cylindracea (Velvet pioppino; Chinese: 茶樹菇)
- Cloud ear fungusCloud ear fungusCloud ear fungus is an edible jelly fungus. It is gray-brown in color and often used in Asian cooking.-Etymology:...
- Dacryopinax spathulariaDacryopinax spathulariaDacryopinax spathularia is an edible jelly fungus. It is orange in color. In Chinese culture, it is called guihua er...
- Gloeostereum incarnatum
- Hericium erinaceusHericium erinaceusHericium erinaceus is an edible mushroom and medicinal mushroom in the tooth fungus group...
- Hericium ramosumHericium ramosumHericium ramosum is an edible mushroom in the tooth fungus group. It is often mistaken for Hericium coralloides due to their shared traits and similar looks. It can be identified by its tendency to grow all the spines out from branches, short spines and its appearance on hardwood logs and stumps...
- Phallus indusiatusPhallus indusiatusPhallus indusiatus, commonly called in English the bamboo fungus, bamboo pith, long net stinkhorn, crinoline stinkhorn or veiled lady, is a stinkhorn fungus in the Phallaceae family. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical areas, and has been collected in Asia, the Americas, and Africa...
- ShiitakeShiitakeThe Shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries, as well as being dried and exported to many countries around the world. It is a feature of many Asian cuisines including Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai...
- Snow fungusSnow fungusTremella fuciformis is a species of fungus producing white, frond-like, gelatinous basidiocarps . It is widespread, especially in the tropics, and is parasitic on other fungi , that grow on dead attached and recently fallen branches of broadleaf trees. Fruitbodies are commercially cultivated for...
- Tremella aurantialbaTremella aurantialbaTremella aurantialba is an edible jelly fungus. In China, it is called jīn ěr , and sometimes features in the vegetarian dish called Buddha's delight.-External links:** * *...
- Tremella frondosaTremella frondosaTremella frondosa is an edible jelly fungus. In China, it is called huáng ěr , and sometimes features in the vegetarian dish called Buddha's delight.-External links:** *, containing huang er...
- Volvariella volvaceaVolvariella volvaceaVolvariella volvacea is a species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines. In Chinese, they are called cǎogū Volvariella volvacea (also known as straw mushroom or paddy straw mushroom; syn. Volvaria volvacea, Agaricus volvaceus,...
- Wood earWood earWood ear, or 木耳 , can refer to two different closely related species of edible fungus used primarily in Asian cuisine; these are commonly sold in Asian markets shredded and dried....