Mushroom cap is semi-fleshy, 5- 12cm wide, oblate and hemispherical, spreading out gradually, rhombic to dark cinnamon with light scales on it. Mushroom meat is thick, white and delicious. The folds are white, dense and curved. The stems are moderately inclined, white, solid, often curved, 3-5(-9) cm long and 5-9 mm thick. The lower part of the rope is often covered with scales, and the rope is narrow and easy to disappear.
Spores are colorless, smooth, oval, (4.5-5) μ m× (2-2.5) μ m. ..
The surface is brown or purplish brown, with light brown or brown scales and irregular cracks. Mushroom meat is white or light brown. Fungal folds are white or light brown. The stalk is medium or partial, nearly cylindrical or slightly flat, curved or straight, white in the upper half, white to brown in the lower half, and solid inside. The base of the stem is enlarged. The smell is slightly fragrant and the taste is light.
Nutritional value:
1. Lentinus edodes is rich in provitamin D, but little in vitamin C, lacking provitamin A and provitamin A. ..
2. Mushroom protein contains 18 amino acids. Among the eight kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, Lentinus edodes accounts for 7 kinds, and most of them are L-type amino acids, which have high activity and are easily absorbed by human body, and the digestibility is as high as 80%.
3. Lentinus edodes contains a lot of glutamic acid, auricularia acid and fungous acid. It is rare in ordinary food, so it tastes particularly delicious.