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Shiitake mushroom
| Author: |
Non-timber Forest Products Program |
| Date: |
2001 |
| Periodical: |
Fact Sheet No. 16. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products. 6 p. |
| Abstract: |
The shiitake mushroom (pronounced she-ta-key) is one of several marketed specialty mushrooms, long-valued for their culinary and medicinal properties. The shiitake mushroom is the third most widely produced mushroom in the world and American production of shiitake has increased faster than any other specialty mushroom. Proven medicinal benefits include antiviral, antifungal, and anti-tumor effects. |
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