Shiitake
Lentinula edodes
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Lentinula edodes
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Omphalotaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring, Autumn
- Habitat
- Dead wood
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It has been grown on logs in China and Japan for many centuries, one of the oldest farmed fungi.
- Its name joins Japanese shii, a tree whose logs it grows on, and take, 'mushroom'.
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Similar fungi
- Shaggy scalycap
Pholiota squarrosa
- Caesars mushroom
Amanita caesarea
- Button mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q320999 · All fungi · All entries