Shiitake
| Shiitake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula |
| Species: | L. edodes |
| 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 | |
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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 (/ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ, ˌʃiːɪ-, -ki/; Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] ⓘ Chinese/black mushroom or Lentinula edodes) is a macrofungus native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe.