kinoko land, Dried shitake mushrooms (lentinus eddes) (3kg)

Shitake or "shiitake" are mushrooms native to East Asia.

Cultivated and consumed mainly in Asian countries, these mushrooms are currently expanding in the West, thanks to the spread of Chinese, Japanese and Korean cuisine. Shitake MushroomsIn some forms of traditional medicine, shitake are considered medicinal mushrooms

Shitake mushrooms are wood mushrooms and grow mainly on dead tissue. In addition to being collected in the wild, they are the subject of considerable agricultural production (25% of the world's mushroom production). They have discrete nutritional properties and are used in cooking mainly in Asian recipes.

In the East, especially in Japan and China, the production and consumption of shitake has been rooted in popular culture for many centuries.