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Porcini

The porcini (Boletus edulis) is a European bolete mushroom prized for its intense umami flavor. Its large size and meaty...

European Gourmet Umami Wild Foraged

9.4 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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King Oyster Mushroom

The King Oyster Mushroom is the largest species in the Pleurotus genus, distinguished by its thick, meaty stem, and is w...

Gourmet Asian Meaty Cultivated

8.7 Great

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Lion's Mane

The Lion's Mane is an edible fungus recognized by its cascading white spines, notable for its seafood-like flavor and hi...

Nootropic Medicinal Cultivated Seafood Like

8.2 Great

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Flammulina Filiformis

Flammulina filiformis is the East Asian species underlying commercially cultivated enoki mushrooms, grown at scale in Ch...

Mild Chinese Asian Cultivated

7.8 Good

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Pholiota Adiposa

Pholiota adiposa (Fat Pholiota) is a wood-inhabiting edible cultivated commercially in China and Japan, sold in East Asi...

Asian Cultivated Clustered Golden

7.6 Good

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Nameko

The Nameko is a small amber-colored edible mushroom recognized by its uniquely gelatinous coating, and is a traditional,...

Asian Cultivated Glutinous Pholiota

7.5 Good

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Enoki

The Enoki is a cultivated edible fungus characterized by long, thin white stems and small caps, and has been successfull...

Mild Asian Delicate Cultivated

7.4 Good

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Bamboo Pith Fungus

The Bamboo Pith Fungus (Phallus indusiatus) is a striking edible mushroom noted for its delicate, lacy skirt-like indusi...

Tropical Asian Chinese Cuisine Cultivated

7.4 Good

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Beech Mushroom

The Beech Mushroom is an edible fungus characterized by small, clustered brown or white caps, traditionally found on dea...

Mild Asian Crunchy Cultivated

7.1 Good

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Golden Oyster

The Golden Oyster is a visually striking edible mushroom originally native to eastern Russia and northern China that is...

Yellow Asian Delicate Cultivated

7.0 Good

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Cremini Mushroom

The Cremini Mushroom is the brown, immature stage of Agaricus bisporus, noted for a firmer texture than the white button...

Versatile Umami Cultivated Agaricus

6.9 Fair

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Paddy Straw Mushroom

The Paddy Straw Mushroom is a fast-growing edible fungus commercially cultivated on rice straw, notable as the third mos...

Mild Tropical Asian Cultivated

6.8 Fair

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Abalone Oyster

The Abalone Oyster (Pleurotus cystidiosus) is a commercially cultivated edible mushroom native to Asia and Australia, re...

Mild Asian Firm Cultivated

6.8 Fair

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Milk Mushroom

Milk Mushrooms (genus Lactarius) are a large group of edible fungi found worldwide, universally distinguished by their a...

Mild Indian Asian Cultivated

6.5 Fair

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Wood Ear

The Wood Ear is an edible jelly fungus recognized by its distinctive ear-like shape and rubbery texture, and is a founda...

Asian Crunchy Jelly Cultivated

6.4 Fair

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Cloud Ear

The Cloud Ear (Auricularia polytricha) is a brown, gelatinous edible fungus widely utilized in Asian culinary traditions...

Asian Crunchy Jelly Cultivated

6.4 Fair

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Auricularia Polytricha

Auricularia polytricha (Wood Ear) is a jelly fungus cultivated across East Asia for centuries, used widely in Chinese cu...

Asian Crunchy Jelly Cultivated

6.4 Fair

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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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Reishi

The Reishi is a reddish, woody bracket fungus historically revered in traditional Chinese medicine, and is utilized glob...

Bitter Medicinal Asian Polypore

4.1 Poor