Shiitake from Spora Ltd. - Natural products for better living

Shiitake mushrooms from Spora Ltd - Natural products for better living

Shiitake

(Lentinula Edodes) has long been favored by Asian people as a gourmet food as well as in medical treatment. It is usually consumed stir-fried, in soups and various main dishes. Today shiitake is the world's second, most commonly cultivated mushroom with its popularity increasing through the rest of Asia, North America...

Porcini

(Boletus edulis), commonly known as porcini or cep, is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus Boletus. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occur naturally in the Southern Hemisphere, although it has been introduced to southern Africa and New Zealand...

Morel

Morchella, the true morels, is a genus of edible mushrooms closely related to anatomically simpler cup fungi. These distinctive mushrooms appear honeycomb-like in that the upper portion is composed of a network of ridges with pits between them. These ascocarps are prized by gourmet cooks, particularly for French cuisine...

Chanterelle

(Cantharellus cibarius), commonly known as the chanterelle or golden chanterelle, is a fungus. It is probably the best known species of the genus Cantharellus, if not the entire family of Cantharellaceae. It is orange or yellow, meaty and funnel-shaped. On the lower surface, underneath the smooth cap, it has gill-like ridges that run almost...

Black Truffle

A truffle (pronounced /ˈtrʌfəl/) is a fungal fruiting body that develops underground and relies on mycophagy for spore dispersal. Almost all truffles are ectomycorrhizal and are therefore usually found in close association with trees....

Porcini

Popular Name: Porcini
Official Name: Boletus Edulis
Supply: fresh (seasonal), frozen, dry, salted
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcini

Morel

Popular Name: Morel
Official Name: Morchella Esculenta
Supply: frozen, dry
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella

Chanterelle

Popular Name: Chanterelle
Official Name: Cantharellus Cibarius
Supply: fresh (seasonal), frozen, dry
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanterelle

Black Truffle

Popular Name: Black Truffle
Supply: fresh (seasonal), frozen, dry
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truffle_(fungus)