Shiitake Mushroom

Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinus edodes )

Latin Name: Lentinus edodes
Common Names: Shiitake Mushroom

Shiitake Mushroom is a delicious fungus, and available from Starwest in whole and powdered forms, as well as in a whole certified kosher and organic variety. You can count on Starwest Botanicals, as one of the largest suppliers of organic dried herbs and products in the United States, to bring you Shiitake Mushroom that is directly sourced from quality producers in China and then processed in Starwest's own in-house processing facility in order to guarantee only the highest quality mushrooms are made available to our discerning customers.

Shiitake Mushroom also goes by the Latin botanical name of Lentinus edodes. You might also see it called lentinula, pasania fungus, forest mushroom or hua gu. These mushrooms are delicious in many dishes calling for flavorful mushrooms, including a vegetarian dish that might include cellophane noodles, Napa cabbage, tofu, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, snow peas and carrots cooked in a soy-sauce cooking sauce called Buddha's Delight. The dried mushrooms are normally rehydrated in water before cooking.

Starwest offers Shiitake Mushroom, organic Shiitake Mushrooms and Shiitake Mushroom powder with a one hundred percent satisfaction guarantee.