Cultivated mushrooms - Import export

"Origin and history of the Shiitake The shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom, which occurs naturally in Japan, China and Korea. Here the mushroom is grown for centuries and appreciated for its taste and smell. In Asian cuisine, it is a commonly used mushroom. The shiitake grows on hard woods such as beech, oak, walnut and chestnut. The shiitake has a light brown to dark brown cap and belongs next to the mushroom to the most cultivated mushrooms in the world. Processing to Shiitake Mushroom Powder The shiitake is harvested when it has grown well, but the cap edge is still slightly curled down. The cap should already be loose from the stem, otherwise the shiitake is still too young. If the cap is too wide outwards, the shiitake is already too old. After harvesting, the mushroom is cut into pieces and put in the oven to dry. Then it is processed into a fine shiitake mushroom powder. Healthy properties of Shiitake The shiitake contains …"

Cultivated Enoki mushrooms are very small in size and grow in bouquets of tightly packed, long stems topped with petite, convex caps. The snow-white caps are tender, smooth, delicate, and are connected to matching white stems that are thin and can grow up to twelve centimetres in length. Cultivated Enoki mushrooms are crisp and firm with a crunchy bite and a mild, fruity flavour. Wild Enoki mushrooms are significantly different in appearance from the cultivated form as they have larger caps, shorter stems, range in colour from orange to brown, are slightly sticky, rubbery, are velvety in consistency, and have an earthier flavour.