Shiitake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Omphalotaceae |
Genus: | Lentinula |
Species: | L. edodes
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Binomial name | |
Lentinula edodes |
Lentinula edodes | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() | Hymenium is free |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() ![]() | Spore print is white to buff |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() | Edibility is choice |
Shiitake | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 香菇 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香菇 | ||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | xiānggū | ||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||
Vietnamese | nấm hương | ||||||
Thai name | |||||||
Thai | เห็ดหอม (hèt hŏm) | ||||||
Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 표고 | ||||||
Hanja | 瓢菰 | ||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||
Kanji | 椎茸 or 香蕈 | ||||||
Hiragana | しいたけ |
The shiitake/shittake (/ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ, ˌʃiːɪ-, -ki/;[1] Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] Chinquapin, Chinese/black forest mushrooms or Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe.