Kuritake (chestnut mushroom) - Naematoloma sublateritium

Japanese: クリタケ(栗茸) - クリタケ（英語表記）Naematoloma sublateritium

A mushroom of the Basidiomycete family, Order Acarinales, and Family Acanthaceae. In autumn, it grows in colonies at the base of dead trees and stumps in broadleaf forests. The cap is 3-8 cm in diameter, hemispherical, and opens flat backwards. It is brown in color and the flesh is yellowish-white. The stalk is 0.8-1.5 cm in diameter, 5-10 cm long, and the upper half is yellowish-white and the lower half is brown. It is an edible mushroom that is widely distributed in Japan, China, Siberia, Asia Minor, Europe, North America, etc.

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Japanese:

担子菌類マツタケ目モエギタケ科のキノコ。秋に，広葉樹林の枯れ木や切り株の根もとに群生する。傘は径3～8cm，半球形で後方に平らに開く。茶褐色で肉は黄白色。柄は径 0.8～1.5cm，長さ5～10cm，上半は黄白色，下半は褐色。食用となるキノコで，日本，中国，シベリア，小アジア，ヨーロッパ，北アメリカなどに広く分布する。

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