Shiitake Mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) are, after the champignons, the second most eaten edible mushrooms in the world. Shiitake mushrooms are native to China, Japan and Korea and has been cultivated there more than 1000 years, but the tasty mushrooms are´nt just from interest for culinary purposes, they are also used in traditional chinese medicine (TCM)
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Straw Mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea) are delicious edible mushrooms, cultivated in East- and South East Asia. Fresh straw mushrooms are widely used in the Thai cuisine for soups, like Tom Yum Goong (Hot and Sour Thai Soup) or Tom Kha Gai (Thai coconut chicken soup), Thai curries and stir-fry dishes. Outside Asia fresh straw mushrooms are
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Japan is well-known for it´s cultivation and wide use of edible mushrooms, like the mushrooms of the Shimeji group. Hon Shimeji Mushrooms (Lyophyllum shimeji), commonly called beech mushroom, are considered to contain medicinally active ingredients with strong anti-tumor activity. Hon Shimeji have a fine nutty, slightly sweet taste and a crunchy bite. Like all shimeji
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The Champignon (Agaricus bisporus), also called white mushroom, common mushroom or button mushroom is one of the most well-known, most cultivated and most used edible mushrooms. Even if it became something like a cuisine trend, to add raw champignon mushrooms to salads, raw champignons (Agaricus bisporus) are containing the poisonous agaritine, if only a very
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Times has been changed a lot. It has been thrilling moments, while I went with my beloved grandfather in the woods to collect mushrooms, a 40 years ago. Nowadays there isn´t much to find anymore, but it´s still a thrilling moment, if I find an unknown mushroom, like the golden oyster mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) at
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