Lentinula edodes
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 cap is convex Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) Source: German wikipedia DE:Bild:Lentinula edodes. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ...
Classes Subdivision Teliomycotina Urediniomycetes Subdivision Ustilaginomycotina Ustilaginomycetes Subdivision Hymenomycotina Homobasidiomycetes- mushrooms Heterobasidiomycetes- jelly fungi The Division Basidiomycota is a large taxon within the Kingdom Fungi that includes those species that produce spores in a club-shaped structure called a basidium. ...
former Orders Subclass Homobasidiomycetidae Agaricales Boletales Cantharellales Corticiales Ganodermatales Gomphales Hericiales Hydnales Hymenochaetales Polyporales (Aphyllophorales) Poriales Russulales Schizophyllales Stereales Thelephorales Subclass Gasteromycetidae Lycoperdales Nidulariales Phallales Sclerodermatales Tulostomatales The Class Homobasidiomycetes is a taxonomic division in the Subdivision Hymenomycotina of the Division Basidiomycota (in the Kingdom Fungi). ...
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Genera Armillaria Baeospora Flammulina Lentinula Macrocystidia Marasmiellus Marasmius Micromphale Oudemansiella Strobilurus Xerula The Marasmiaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi which have white spores. ...
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Miles Joseph Berkeley (April 1, 1803 - July 30, 1889) was an English botanist. ...
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Classes Homobasidiomycetes - mushrooms Heterobasidiomycetes - jelly fungi The Subdivision Hymenomycotina (Hymenomycetes) is one of three taxa of the fungal Division Basidiomycota (fungi bearing spores on basidia). ...
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The cap of a fungal fruiting body. ...
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Classes Homobasidiomycetes - mushrooms Heterobasidiomycetes - jelly fungi The Subdivision Hymenomycotina (Hymenomycetes) is one of three taxa of the fungal Division Basidiomycota (fungi bearing spores on basidia). ...
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Diagram of a basidiomycete stipe with a annulus and vulva In mycology a stipe refers to the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom. ...
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Making a spore print of the mushroom Volvariella volvacea shown in composite: (photo lower half) mushroom cap laid on white and dark paper; (photo upper half) cap removed after 24 hours showing pinkish-tan spore print. ...
Making a spore print of the mushroom Volvariella volvacea shown in composite: (photo lower half) mushroom cap laid on white and dark paper; (photo upper half) cap removed after 24 hours showing pinkish-tan spore print. ...
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The shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia. It is generally known in the English-speaking world by its Japanese name, shiitake (kanji: 椎茸; lit. "shii mushroom," from the Japanese name of the tree that provides the dead logs on which it is typically cultivated). White mushrooms being prepared for cooking. ...
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Binomial name Castanopsis cuspidata (Thunb. ...
In Chinese, it is called xiānggū (香菇, lit. "fragrant mushroom" or "delicious mushroom"). Two Chinese variant names for high grades of shiitake are dōnggū (Chinese: 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. Other names by which the mushroom is known in English include Chinese black mushroom and black forest mushroom. In Korean it is called pyogo (hangul: 표고; hanja: 瓢菰), and in Thai they are called hed hom (เห็ดหอม, "fragrant mushroom").
The species was formerly known as Lentinus edodes and Agaricus edodes. The latter name was first applied by the English botanist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1878. Miles Joseph Berkeley (April 1, 1803 - July 30, 1889) was an English botanist. ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
History of cultivation This mushroom is native to China, and has been cultivated for over 1000 years. The first written record of shiitake cultivation can be traced to Wu Sang Kwuang, born during the Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D.). However, some documents record the uncultivated mushroom being eaten as early as 199 A.D. Image File history File links Shitake. ...
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During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.), physician Wu Juei wrote that the mushroom could be used not only as a food but was taken as a remedy for upper respiratory diseases, poor blood circulation, liver trouble, exhaustion and weakness, and to boost qi, or life energy. It was also believed to prevent premature aging. For other uses, see Ming. ...
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Culinary use Shiitake have many uses in Chinese and Japanese cuisines. They are served in miso soup, used as the basis for a kind of vegetarian dashi, and also as an ingredient in many steamed and simmered dishes. In Thailand, they can be fried as well as steamed. There are many views of what is fundamental to Japanese cuisine. ...
Miso soup with miso, wakame, shiitake mushrooms and tofu cubes Miso soup (味噌æ±, misoshiru in Japanese) is a traditional Japanese soup consisting of a stock called dashi into which is dissolved softened miso. ...
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Shiitake are often dried and sold as preserved food in packages. These must be rehydrated by soaking in water before using. Many people prefer dried shiitake to fresh, considering that the sun-drying process draws out the superior umami flavour from the dried mushrooms by breaking down proteins into amino acids. The stems of shiitake are rarely used in Japanese and other cuisines, primarily because the stems are harder and take longer to cook than the soft fleshy caps. Human taste sensory organs, called taste buds or gustatory calyculi, and concentrated on the upper surface of the tongue, appear to be receptive to relatively few chemical species as tastes. ...
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A cuisine (from French cuisine, meaning cooking; culinary art; kitchen; itself from Latin coquina, meaning the same; itself from the Latin verb coquere, meaning to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a place of origin. ...
Today, shiitake mushrooms have become popular in many other countries as well. Russia produces and also consumes large amounts of them, mostly sold pickled; and the shiitake is slowly making its way into western cuisine as well. There is a global industry in shiitake production, with local farms in most western countries in addition to large scale importation from China, Japan, and elsewhere.
Medicinal use Shiitake mushrooms have been researched for their medicinal benefits, most notably their anti-tumor properties in laboratory mice. These studies, the earliest dating back to 1969, have also identified the polysaccharide lentinan, a (1-3) β-D-glucan, as the active compound responsible for the anti-tumor effects.[citation needed] Polysaccharides (sometimes called glycans) are relatively complex carbohydrates. ...
Extracts from shiitake mushrooms have also been researched for many other immunological benefits, ranging from anti-viral properties to possible treatments for severe allergies, as well as arthritis.[citation needed]Lenthionine, a key flavor compound of shiitake, also inhibits platelet aggregation, so it is a promising treatment for thrombosis.[citation needed] Lenthionine (1,2,3,5,6-pentathiacycloheptane) is a cyclic organosulfur compound found in shiitake mushrooms and partly responsible for their flavor. ...
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Shiitake are also one of a few known natural sources of vegan and kosher vitamin D (vitamin D2). Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...
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References - Tsuji, Shizuo (1980). Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art. New York: Kodansha International/USA.
- Yun Ho Choi, et al. (2005). "Inhibition of Anaphylactic Reaction and Mast Cell Activation by the Methanol Extract of Letinus edodes". Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea. (unpublished)
- http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/20/8/1637
References in popular culture - In the 2002 film Austin Powers in Goldmember, a scene with a character speaking Japanese sees the sentence "Please eat some Shitake mushrooms" as a translation at the bottom of the screen. However, the "-ake mushrooms" portion is obscured temporarily so that it reads, "Please eat some Shit," implying the vernacular. Note that the correct spelling is "Shiitake"; without the modification the joke would not work. A similar joke appears in the movie Spy Kids.
- In The Catherine Tate Show Series 2, the man and woman who complains about everything complains about being fed Dried Shit-ache mushrooms.
- In the book Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, shitake are one of the many types of mushrooms cultivated by brownies.
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External links - Lentinula edodes page at Index Fungorum site
- http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/mushrooms/shiitake.htm
- http://www.world-of-fungi.org/Mostly_Medical/Ismail_Mokhtar/Ismail_Mokhtar.htm
- http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/kimbrough/Textbook/MedicinalUsesOfMushrooms_blue.htm
- http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/kimbrough/Textbook/CultivatedMushForFood_blue.htm
- Società di Micoterapia
- Medicinal Mushroom Society
- http://www.funghi-vitalia.it/index.php?cat=c10_Shiitake.html
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