Amitake - Amitake

An edible mushroom of the family Amitaceae, order Matsutake, belonging to the basidiomycetes. The cap is 5-10 cm in diameter, round, and reddish brown or yellowish brown. It is sticky, and the flesh is soft and white with a flesh-colored tinge. The pores on the underside of the cap are shallow, polygonal, of varying sizes, arranged slightly radially, and yellowish mud colored. The stem is 5-6 cm long. A very common mushroom that grows in clusters in pine forests from summer to autumn. It is widely distributed in pine forests in Eurasia, and is eaten in many countries. It is not found in the Americas. It has many local names, such as Amimotase (Tohoku region), Shibatake (Niigata prefecture), Zeni-iguchi (Hyogo prefecture), and Sudoushi (Aichi prefecture).

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

担子菌類、マツタケ目アミタケ科の食用キノコ。傘は径5～10センチメートル、まんじゅう形で、表面は赤褐色ないしは黄褐色。粘性で、肉は肌色を帯びた白色で柔らかい。傘の裏の管孔(くだあな)は浅く、大小不同で多角形、やや放射状に配列、黄泥色。茎は長さ5～6センチメートル。夏から秋にかけて松林に群生するきわめて普通のキノコの一種。ユーラシア大陸の松林に広く分布し、各国で食用にされる。アメリカ大陸にはない。アミモタセ（東北地方）、シバタケ（新潟県）、ゼニイグチ（兵庫県）、スドウシ（愛知県）など地方名も多い。

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