What is Grifola frondosa?
Grifola frondosa, commonly known as "chestnut mushroom", is a mushroom used for both food and medicine, and is often wild around chestnut trees in summer and autumn. The fruiting body is fleshy, the stalk is short and coral-like, overlapping into a cluster, and its appearance is graceful and layered like a chrysanthemum; Its smell and fragrance are overflowing and refreshing; Its meat is crisp, tender and refreshing, and it is never tired of eating; Its nutrition has good health care function and high medicinal value. In recent years, as an advanced health food, it is popular in Japan, Singapore and other markets. With the adoption of the earlier authoritative monograph Fungi in China, Grifola frondosa has become a common Chinese name. Grifola frondosa has a mushroom-like aroma, tender meat, taste like shredded chicken and crisp like magnolia. According to the analysis of the quality inspection center of the Ministry of Agriculture, the artificially cultivated Grifola frondosa in Qianxi, Hebei Province is superior to the mushroom known as the king of mushrooms in nutrition and taste, and can be cooked into a variety of delicious dishes.