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silver ear fungus, snow fungus 銀耳: 银耳: yín'ěr: silver ear Also known as 雪耳(pinyin: xuě'ěr; lit. 'snow ear') and 白木耳 (pinyin: báimù'ěr; lit. 'white wood ear') Tricholoma matsutake: matsutake 松茸: 松茸: sōngróng: pine bud Expensive delicacy, especially highly prized in Japan. Volvariella volvacea: paddy straw ...
Tremella fuciformis is a species of fungus; it produces white, frond-like, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruiting bodies). It is widespread, especially in the tropics, where it can be found on the dead branches of broadleaf trees. This fungus is commercially cultivated and is one of the most popular fungi in the cuisine and medicine of China. [1]
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) gives the definition, "The fungus Ganoderma lucidum (actually Ganoderma lingzhi (see Ganoderma lucidum for details), believed in China to confer longevity and used as a symbol of this on Chinese ceramic ware.", [51] and identifies the etymology of the word as Chinese: líng, "divine" + zhī, "fungus".
Cordyceps / ˈ k ɔːr d ɪ s ɛ p s / is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. [1]
Tuber indicum, commonly known as the Chinese black truffle or the Asian black truffle, [1] is an edible fungus known for its hypogean fruiting bodies, characteristic of the Tuber genus. It is found natively in Himalayan India and parts of China, [ 1 ] but has also been found invasively in the United States [ 2 ] and Italy. [ 3 ]
Wolfiporia extensa (syn. Poria cocos F.A.Wolf), commonly known as hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), or matsuhodo, is a fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit.
Lanmaoa asiatica is a species of bolete mushroom in the family Boletaceae that is native to southwest China [1] and adjacent regions. It is reddish in color [2] and it is an ectomycorrhizal symbiote of the Yunnan Pine, Pinus yunnanensis.