swap_horiz Reishi Alternatives

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Matsutake

Matsutake mushrooms are a prized edible fungi growing in association with pine forests. Their intensely aromatic flavor,...

Luxury Aromatic Asian Wild Foraged

9.2 Excellent

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Maitake

Maitake is a polypore mushroom, primarily found growing in dense clusters around oak trees across Asia, particularly Jap...

Medicinal Asian Autumn Wild Foraged

9.1 Excellent

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Shiitake

Shiitake mushrooms are a cultivated fungus belonging to the *Lentinula* species. Originating in East Asia, they are nota...

Medicinal Asian Umami Cultivated

8.8 Great

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King Oyster Mushroom

The King Oyster mushroom, scientifically known as *Pleurotus ostreatus*, is a large edible mushroom notable for its subs...

Gourmet Asian Meaty Cultivated

8.7 Great

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Lion's Mane

Lion's mane, Hericium erinaceus, is an edible fungus recognized by its white, cascading clusters of soft spines rather t...

Nootropic Medicinal Cultivated Seafood Like

8.2 Great

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Laetiporus Cincinnatus

Laetiporus cincinnatus is an edible bracket fungus commonly referred to as the white-pored chicken of the woods. It is n...

Oak North American Wild Foraged Polypore

8.1 Great

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Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods is a common name for several species of edible bracket fungi, most notably Laetiporus sulphureus. I...

Summer Meaty Wild Foraged Polypore

7.9 Good

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Flammulina Filiformis

Flammulina filiformis is an edible mushroom species widely cultivated in East Asia, where it is known as enokitake. It i...

Mild Chinese Asian Cultivated

7.8 Good

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Pholiota Adiposa

Pholiota adiposa is a cluster-forming fungus that grows on dead or weakened hardwood and produces yellow to golden caps...

Asian Cultivated Clustered Golden

7.6 Good

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Nameko

Pholiota nameko, commonly called Nameko, is a small edible mushroom cultivated widely in Japan and other parts of East A...

Asian Cultivated Glutinous Pholiota

7.5 Good

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Enoki

Enoki is the cultivated form of Flammulina filiformis, an edible mushroom widely used in East Asian cooking. Commercial...

Mild Asian Delicate Cultivated

7.4 Good

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Bamboo Pith Fungus

The bamboo pith fungus, Phallus indusiatus, is a tropical stinkhorn recognized by the netlike white indusium that hangs...

Tropical Asian Chinese Cuisine Cultivated

7.4 Good

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Laetiporus Gilbertsonii

Laetiporus gilbertsonii is a shelf-forming polypore in the chicken-of-the-woods group, occurring primarily in western No...

North American Western Eucalyptus Wild Foraged

7.4 Good

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Wood Ear Mushroom

The wood ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae) is an edible fungus characterized by its dark brown, ear-shaped fruit...

Asian Crunchy Jelly Cultivated

7.3 Good

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Umbrella Polypore

The Umbrella Polypore, or Polyporus umbellatus, is a large, edible mushroom characterized by a cluster of small, circula...

Medicinal Asian Earthy Wild Foraged

7.3 Good

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Snow Fungus

The Snow Fungus is an edible jelly fungus characterized by its translucent, white frond-like structure, and has been ext...

Medicinal Asian Jelly Cultivated

5.8 Mediocre

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Hemlock Reishi

Hemlock reishi is the common name for Ganoderma tsugae, a polypore fungus that grows primarily on or near eastern hemloc...

Bitter Bracket Medicinal North American

4.9 Poor

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Poria Mushroom

Poria mushroom is the common name for Wolfiporia extensa, a wood-decaying fungus that forms a large underground scleroti...

Medicinal Asian Underground Wild Foraged

4.9 Poor

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Turkey Tail

Turkey tail, Trametes versicolor, is a widespread, thin bracket fungus that grows in overlapping clusters on dead or dec...

Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore Trametes

2.5 Poor

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Birch Polypore

Birch polypore, Fomitopsis betulina, is a wood-decay bracket fungus that grows almost exclusively on birch trees. It for...

European Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore

2.5 Poor