Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Edible Fungus, I eaten so far.

Think of this as a list for "edible fungus" I have eaten so far and will update it when I eaten a new type. You can said my interests (currently) is try out (eat) different edible fungus. Depend on where you bought it (and the country you got from) and when (season); they are sold either fresh (I prefer), dry (limit on how you cook it), and canned.

They will be listed in "species" name and then the "common" name where you might see in store or what not. The one with the (*) next to it are the same species but have different common name when sold to the market by either maturity(age), color, and/or how it was rises.  

Agaricus bisporus (*)
  • common mushroom, button mushroom, white mushroom, cultivated mushroom, table mushroom, and champignon mushroom
  • Swiss brown mushroom, Roman brown mushroom, Italian brown, Italian mushroom, cremini or crimini mushroom, brown cap mushroom, or chestnut mushroom/baby portobello, baby bella, mini bella, portabellini, Roman mushroom, Italian mushroom, or brown mushroom
  • Portobello mushrooms  
Pleurotus ostreatus
  • Oyster mushroom
Pleurotus eryngii
  • king trumpet mushroom, French horn mushroom, king oyster mushroom, king brown mushroom, boletus of the steppes, trumpet royale
Lentinula edodes
  • Shiitake, Sawtooth oak mushroom, black forest mushroom, black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, or oakwood mushroom
Grifola frondosa
  • Maitake, hen-of-the-woods, ram's head, sheep's head
Hypsizygus tessellatus (*)
  • Buna-shimeji, Brown Beech Mushroom , Beech Mushroom, BeechBrown Clamshell Mushroom
  • Bunapi-shimeji, White Beech Mushroom, White Clamshell Mushroom
Flammulina velutipes
  • [Cultivated] - Enoki, Enokitake, Enokidake, golden needle mushroom, lily mushroom
  • [Wild forms] - seafood mushrooms, winter mushrooms or winter fungus, velvet foot, velvet stem, velvet shank
Pholiota nameko
  • nameko, butterscotch mushroom
Volvariella volvacea
  • paddy straw mushroom, straw mushroom
Agrocybe aegerita
  • poplar mushroom, velvet pioppini, Yanagi-matsutake
Auricularia polytricha
  • cloud ear, hairy wood ear, black fungus, black Chinese fungus (or mushroom), wood ear fungus, wood fungus, ear fungus, or tree ear fungus
Tremella fuciformis
  • snow fungus, silver ear fungus, white jelly mushroom

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