also: えのきだけ
enoki mushroom; winter mushroom; velvet shank
A long, thin, white mushroom with small caps, commonly used in Japanese cuisine, especially in soups and hot pots. The cultivated form is pale and slender; wild forms are darker and shorter.
Let's put enoki mushrooms in the hot pot.
Enoki mushrooms are popular as an ingredient in miso soup.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling. The kanji 茸 means mushroom.
Full kanji spelling using 榎 (enoki tree). Rarely used; the mixed form えのき茸 is preferred.
Alternate reading with rendaku (voicing). Also commonly written in kana.
Katakana spelling, often used in scientific or commercial contexts.
Katakana spelling with rendaku reading.
The name comes from the enoki (榎) tree, on which the mushroom often grows in the wild. 茸 (take) means mushroom. The exact historical derivation is straightforward.