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Shiitake

Shiitake
Shiitakegrowing.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Lentinula
Species: L. edodes
Binomial name
Lentinula edodes
(Berk.) Pegler (1976)
Lentinula edodes
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is free
stipe is bare

spore print is white

to buff
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: choice
Shiitake
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 香菇
Simplified Chinese 香菇
Hanyu Pinyin xiānggū
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese
Thai name
Thai (hèt hŏm)
Korean name
Hangul 표고
Hanja 瓢菰
Japanese name
Kanji 椎茸
Hiragana しいたけ
Mushrooms, shiitake, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 141 kJ (34 kcal)
6.8 g
Sugars 2.4 g
Dietary fiber 2.5 g
0.5 g
2.2 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)
(2%)
0.02 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(18%)
0.22 mg
Niacin (B3)
(26%)
3.88 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(30%)
1.5 mg
Vitamin B6
(22%)
0.29 mg
Folate (B9)
(3%)
13 μg
Vitamin C
(4%)
3.5 mg
Vitamin D
(3%)
0.4 μg
Minerals
Calcium
(0%)
2 mg
Iron
(3%)
0.4 mg
Magnesium
(6%)
20 mg
Manganese
(10%)
0.2 mg
Phosphorus
(16%)
112 mg
Potassium
(6%)
304 mg
Sodium
(1%)
9 mg
Zinc
(11%)
1.0 mg
Other constituents
Water 89.7 g
Selenium 5.7 ug

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database
Mushrooms, shiitake, dried
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 1,238 kJ (296 kcal)
75.37 g
Sugars 2.21 g
Dietary fiber 11.5 g
0.99 g
9.58 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)
(26%)
0.3 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(106%)
1.27 mg
Niacin (B3)
(94%)
14.1 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(438%)
21.879 mg
Vitamin B6
(74%)
0.965 mg
Folate (B9)
(41%)
163 μg
Vitamin C
(4%)
3.5 mg
Vitamin D
(26%)
3.9 μg
Minerals
Calcium
(1%)
11 mg
Iron
(13%)
1.72 mg
Magnesium
(37%)
132 mg
Manganese
(56%)
1.176 mg
Phosphorus
(42%)
294 mg
Potassium
(33%)
1534 mg
Sodium
(1%)
13 mg
Zinc
(81%)
7.66 mg
Other constituents
Water 9.5 g
Selenium 46 ug

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

spore print is white

The shiitake (About this sound listen  Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine.

The fungus was first described scientifically as Agaricus edodes by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1877. It was placed in the genus Lentinula by David Pegler in 1976. The fungus has acquired an extensive synonymy in its taxonomic history:

The mushroom's Japanese name shiitake (?) is composed of shii ( shī?, Castanopsis), for the tree Castanopsis cuspidata that provides the dead logs on which it is typically cultivated, and take (?, "mushroom"). The specific epithet edodes is the Latin word for "edible".


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