Organic Shiitake Mushroom

An edible eastern Asian mushroom (Lentinus edodes) having an aromatic, fleshy, golden or dark brown to blackish cap. Also called Chinese forest mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, Emperors Mushroom. We devote to producing the World's finest Shiitake mushrooms the old fashioned way - on native white oak logs. Our methods are time-honored and proven to produce gourmet shiitake that is organically certified. Shiitake is the world's premier Gourmet AND medicinal mushroom. While shiitake mushrooms are often grown on "artificial logs" (or substrate), the shiitake which is painstakingly grown on natural logs provides far more health benefits. For good health and good eating - we hope you try some of our shiitake products. The Shitake mushroom is a common culinary mushroom used in Chinese, and Japanese cooking. In the US, Shitake is available fresh or dried in oriental markets, health food markets, and even many supermarkets. In Japan, Lentinan, an extract of this mushroom, has been used against colorectal and stomach cancer, often in conjunction with other treatment such as chemotherapy, and Japanese researchers have presented data supporting this use. Like most of the other polysaccharide drugs, Lentinan appears to be an immunostimulant. Almost all of the Japanese studies use injected Lentinan, so it is very unclear whether eating Shitake mushrooms could have a beneficial effect aside from the considerable culinary virtues.