ムキタケ

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Meanings

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Sarcomyxa edulis; mukitake mushroom

usually written using kana alone

An edible mushroom species known as mukitake in Japanese. The name literally means 'peeling mushroom' because its cap skin peels easily.

ムキタケは秋あきに広こう葉よう樹じゅの枯かれ木きに生はえる。
Mukitake mushrooms grow on dead broadleaf trees in autumn.
この地ち方ほうではムキタケを味み噌そ汁しるに入いれて食たべる。
In this region, people put mukitake in miso soup.