also: たけ
mushroom
General term for mushrooms and toadstools. Often used in cooking and nature contexts.
In autumn, I go mushroom hunting in the mountains.
This soup contains various kinds of mushrooms.
I went and picked mushrooms in the mountains.
Mushrooms had grown at the base of the damp tree.
This farm cultivates mushrooms such as shiitake.
Kanji spelling, but the word is usually written in kana. Learners will encounter it, but kana is more common.
Alternate reading たけ, mostly found in compound names like 松茸 (まつたけ).
Rare kanji variant for mushroom; more commonly read きん (bacteria/germ).
Rare kanji variant; not commonly used.