The access to extra ground moisture, reduced fruiting surface area, and microclimate created by covering the logs with leaves or straw trigger and support prolific fruitings preferred by (but not limited to) reishi (Ganoderma spp.),
nameko (.Pholiota
nameko), black poplar/pioppino (Agrocybe aegeritd), brick top (.Hypholoma sublateritium), and maitake (Grifola frondosa).
The highlight of the vegetable section, however, is the wide variety of mushroom displayed there including shitake, king oyster, grey oyster,
nameko, portobello, brown mushroom and white button mushroom.
"Lebanese cuisine is poor in mushroom culture, but we are trying to introduce these mushroom kinds by adding our Lebanese flavors, such as garlic, lemon, parsley, coriander and sumac," he says, in the hope that one day the traditional white-bottomed mushrooms, as well as the more gourmet shiitake,
nameko and enokitake mushrooms popular in Japan will become an essential part of the country's cuisine.
It was akadashi, a kind of miso soup but this one made of red miso, that had asari clam (of the variety also called Manila clam) and the amber-colored wild
Nameko mushrooms.
* Digital-origin characters from video games and, more recently, mobile applications, including LINE Friends,
Nameko, Puzzles and Dragons, and Pokemon;
Hatana et al., "Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of tyrosinase from Pholiota
nameko," Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, vol.
The polysaccharides of Pholiota
nameko have been reported to inhibit topical oedema in mouse ears and significantly suppress the development of egg albumin-, carrageenan-, and formaldehyde-induced paw oedema in the animals, and, significantly, did not produce any gastric lesions in rats [71].
Apparently the problem is with
Nameko mushrooms (Pholiota
nameko), which are grown outdoors.
nameko - one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan