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TreesFlowersWild vegetablesHerbsMushrooms
Jaw's-ear
Kuritake
Sugi-hiratake
Nameko mushroom
Naratake
Oyster mushroom
Breech oyster mushroom
Grifola frondosa
Mukitake
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Mukitake
Scientific name:panellus serotinus@Family:Tricholomataceae
This mushroom grows naturally on beech trees. It is often it is mistaken as a poisonous Tukiyotake (lampteromyces japonicus). In the Mt. Hakusan region, it has traditionally been boiled for eating.
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