Fungus

enoki mushroom

Photo description: A batch stalk of very thin mushroom with long, thin, white stems and a very small bulbous top.
English enoki mushroom, golden needle mushroom
Scientific Flammulina filiformis
Hong Kong
Cantonese
金菇
gam1 gu1
Taiwan
Mandarin
金針菇, 金菇
ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨ , ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨ
China
Mandarin
金针菇, 构菌, 朴菇, 毛柄小火菇
Jīnzhēngū, gòu jūn, pǔ gū, máo bǐng xiǎo huǒ gū
Korean 팽이버섯
paeng beoseot
Japanese 榎茸 (エノキタケ)
enokitake
Malay cendawan jarum, cendawan musim, cendawan jarum emas, cendawan pinang emas
Taste savory
Weight 🥜
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Disambiguation

Wikipedia notes that this fungus was incorrectly identified and classified in 2015 under the scientific name Flammulina velutipes (colloquially known as velvet shank), which was later rectified in 2018 to be Flammulina filiformis.

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