Shiitake
The shiitake (; Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] Chinese mushroom, black mushroom, Lentinula edodes or sometimes Lentinus edodes) is a macrofungus native to East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe. == Taxonomy == The fungus was first described scientifically as Agaricus edodes by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1877.