This is an illustration of shiitake mushrooms grown on logs. These shiitake mushrooms grow naturally on trees. They thrive particularly well on deciduous broadleaf trees such as Japanese oak and Japanese chestnut.
Information
Informations of the fungus imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
name
< scientific name >
Lentinula edodes
< common name >
Shiitake mushroom, Shiitake
< extra >
Category
< family >
Tricholomataceae
(Pleurotaceae, Maramiaceae, Omphalotaceae)
< genus >
Lentinula
< species >
Lentinula edodes
