Shiitake

Shiitake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Omphalotaceae
Genus:	Lentinula
Species:	L. edodes
Binomial name
Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler (1976)

Lentinula edodes Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is free
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white to buff
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is choice

The shiitake (/ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ, ˌʃiːɪ-, -ki/;^[1] Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] ^ⓘ Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine.^{[citation needed]}