What is Shiitake mushrooms:Lentinus edodes?What is Shiitake Mycelia Extract?How to use Lentinus edodes?

Botanical Description of Shiitake mushrooms:Lentinus edodes.

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Botanical Source:Lentinus edodes (Berk.)Sing.
Botanical Synoms:Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Singer, Lentinula edodes (Berkeley) Pegler
Scientific Botanical name: Lentinus elodes
The other names: Shii-ta-ke,Lentinus edodes,Filamentous Fungi,
Pinyin: Xiang Gu
Synoms:Lentinula edodes, Lentinus shiitake ,Cortinelus edodes,Armillaria edodes
Latin Name: Armillaria mellea
Official Latin Name: Lentinula edodes
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Common name: Hua gu,Oak Mushroom,golden oak mushroom, Oriental Black Mushroom,Chinese black mushroom,Glossagyne,Chinese shiitake mushrooms,shiitake,shiitake mushroom
Plant Part Used: Fruiting body and mycelium.Dried Shitake Mushrooms - whole. Mushroom in its entirety. Shiitake mycelia
Character: Edible and fragrant mushroom.
Definition:[n] edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
Properties: Sweet in flavor, mild in nature, it is related to the spleen and stomach channels.
Functions: Nourishes the spleen and the stomach, benefits qi, induces eruption of measles.
Manners: One uses it to strengthen the natural body's immune systems and increase vigour. It is also a powerful anticholesterol.
Effects: Stimulates immune systems, protects outside attacks.

In China it is called dongo and shanku. When served in Chinese restaurants here it is called "the black forest mushroom." These have closed caps. Koshin types (spring season variety) have open caps and are less expensive