Description

Shiitake a symbol of longevity in Asia as a result of their health-promoting properties, shiitake mushrooms have been used medicinally by the Chinese for more than 6,000 years. More recently, their rich, smoky flavor has drawn them to American taste buds and now you’ll grow these exotic hearty mushrooms on logs with your shiitake mushroom growing kit. Like other mushrooms, these specialty mushrooms are as mysteriously unique as they’re delicious. Whilst incessantly considered a vegetable and prepared like one, mushrooms are if truth be told a fungus, a special type of living organism that has no roots, leaves, or seeds. Shiitake mushrooms have brown, fairly convex caps that range in diameter from about two to eight inches in diameter. The scientific name for shiitake mushroom is Lentinus edodes. Other mushrooms with Asia roots that are also becoming more popular are the Reish(Ganoderma lucidum) and Maitake (Grofola frondosa). Reishi mushrooms frequently have an antler or rounded, fan shape; the most

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