The most widely consumed and produced in Japan, China, and South Korea. About 10% of total world production of mushrooms shiitake mushrooms.
Shiitake is also called 'Chinese Black Mushroom'. This type of fungus known as mushroom consumption since 2000 years ago in the plains of Asia. Shiitake mushroom production in industrial mass was first performed in Japan in the 1940s. Yet the traditional culture has been started since the past 900 years in China.
overcome the flu
In China and Japan, shiitake mushrooms have been used for centuries to fight fever and flu. Lentinan, which was isolated from shiitake mushroom stems, expressed stimulates the immune system, helps fight infection, and showed anti-tumor activity.
Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) or fungi hioko and is often written as shitake mushroom is a fungus food of East Asian origin are known worldwide by its original name in Japanese. Literally means shiitake mushrooms from Shii tree (Castanopsis cuspidata) because the trunk had rotted a place to grow shiitake mushrooms.
This species was once known as Lentinus edodes. English botanist Miles Joseph Berkeley named named this species as Agaricus edodes in 1878.
Shiitake is widely cultivated in China, Korea and Japan and can be found in the wild in the mountainous areas in Southeast Asia.
Shiitake xiānggū in Chinese called "fragrant mushroom", while the high quality with a thicker umbrella called Donggu "winter mushroom" or huāgū "flower mushrooms" because on the top surface of the umbrella there are motifs such as cracks bloom.
In Indonesia, sometimes called mushroom jengkol, because the shapes and smells like jengkol although for some people a sense of this fungus as a banana flavor.
Shiitake is also known as Chinese black mushrooms, because it is derived originally from mainland China and has been cultivated since 1,000 years ago. The first written history of cultivating shiitake Sang Kuang Wu was written in the Song Dynasty (960-1127), although these fungi are eaten by people in mainland China since 199 AD.
In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a doctor named Wu Juei wrote that shiitake mushrooms can be used not only as food but also as a remedy for respiratory disease, blood circulation, relieve liver disorders, fatigue and restore energy boost chi. Shiitake is also believed to prevent premature aging.
Shiitake mushrooms fresh or in dried form is often used in a variety of cuisine in many countries. Fresh shiitake mushrooms are usually eaten before the umbrella of the bottom changes color. Shiitake stems rather hard and generally not used in cooking.
Some people prefer dried shiitake than fresh because the dried shiitake shiitake has a more fragrant scent (hard). Shiitake dried processed by drying in the sun and need to be soaked in water before cooking. Basic broth called dashi Japanese cuisine derived from soaking dried shiitake in water.
In Japan, shiitake is the content of miso soup, fried as tempura, mixed chawanmushi, udon and various other types of cuisine. Shiitake also fried until crisp and sold as shiitake chips.
Russia also produce shiitake in large quantities and sold as pickled in bottles.
Mushrooms are actually originated from China and known as 'Chinese Black Mushroom' was more popular as the typical Japanese mushroom called Shiitake. This fungus is sold in various stores of dried food in Asia. Aside from being a source of food, Shiitake mushrooms are also widely used as medicine. These mushrooms contain amino acids that are needed by the body such as thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin, as well as several types of fiber and enzymes. Shiitake mushrooms also contain ergosterol, which will be processed the body into vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight.
Amino acid content of shiitake mushrooms boost the immune system functioning, and overcome digestive disorders, help the process of cholesterol in the liver, relieve colds attack, and blood circulation. Health experts have now discovered that this fungus contained in lentinan could be anticancer, treat high blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and overcome interference with the heart. In addition the research also showed that shiitake mushrooms proved very effective to treat hepatitis B. Shiitake mushrooms proved capable of producing antibodies. The invention was tested on 40 people with chronic hepatitis B. They consume 60 grams of fresh shiitake mushrooms every day for four months. The result, almost all patients with hepatitis B have a reduction in symptoms and 15% hepatitis B virus can be disabled.
Although called black fungus, mushrooms are actually a variety of colors ranging from light brown, dark brown, to gray. Actually, only the surface of the mold with the color of umbrella freckle called by the name of Shiitake Mushrooms. Due to scarce, the price becomes very high. The most expensive type of Shiitake mushrooms Shiitake an umbrella is thick and has a wavy edge that so often referred to as the "Mushroom Flower". In many countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea, this fungus is widely used in a variety of local cuisine. Mushrooms are also a typical scented favorite foods in a vegetarian because it is considered as delicious with meat.
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