Name:

1.Maitake, Hen-of-the-Woods, Ram's Head ,Sheep's Head

2.Latin Name: Grifola Frondosa

Feature:

                              1.a polypore mushroom

                               2.prized in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbology as a medicinal

                                mushroom, an aid to balance out altered body systems to a normal level.

                               3.enormously appealing taste and texture,used widely in variety of dishes

Use: 

Maitake is an edible and medicinal mushroom grows in the northern

part of the Temperate Zone in the Northern Hemisphere found in Japan,

China, Europe and North America.Wild Maitake can be harvested in

September and October.It forms large hands, mainly near the roots of

big fagaceous trees such as white oak, beech, and tanbark oak.

It grows in persimmon,plum, apricot, Prunus ume and oak trees.

It invades the core of these trees. It decomposes lignin and leaves the cellulose,

which is the cause of so-called white rot.Wild Maitake has a good taste,a crisp

texture, and an excellent aroma.It is considered the first-rank edible mushroom. 

                                                                                                                                           Mushroom. Fresh. Everyday.