Wild auricularia auricula is a kind of natural wild food. Compared with cultivated auricularia auricula, wild auricularia auricula is more natural and nutritious. Wild auricularia can't be eaten raw, so it must be thoroughly cleaned and cooked before eating. In addition, there are some problems in the picking and preservation of wild food. It is suggested to buy wild food from formal channels to ensure food safety.

Wild Auricularia auricula is a kind of mesophilic fungus, which mostly lives on the segments, stumps or rotten wood of broad-leaved trees such as oak, oak, elm, poplar, willow and mulberry in Zhongshan forest. When the temperature is high, the temperature is high, especially in sultry weather, which grows rapidly. The fruiting body of Auricularia auricula is thin, elastic, gelatinous, translucent, concave, often in spike or ring shape, and gradually changes to leaf shape. The base is narrow into the root of the ear, with smooth surface or wrinkled veins, the diameter is generally 4 cm ~ 10 cm, and the larger one can reach more than 12 cm.

Method for identifying wild auricularia auricula

1, look. Although wild auricularia auricula grows naturally, its color is not very rich and dark. Because it is wild, it is naturally not so beautiful after the exercise of nature, and its shape is also small and its color is yellow. Artificial plants will be darker in color. Wild auricularia auricula is hard and not easy to be crushed. No impurity debris; No mildew; There is no wood at the end of the stem.

2. Have a taste. Wild auricularia auricula has a stronger taste, without any peculiar smell, and it will have a strong umami flavor when chewed in the mouth.

3. smell it. Wild auricularia will taste like mushrooms and a little Chinese medicine. If it is artificial, the taste in this respect is not obvious.

4. take a dip. When wild auricularia auricula is put into water for observation, it will be seen that auricularia auricula floats on the water surface, and then slowly absorbs water, and the water absorption is also relatively large. The leaves are thick and will float evenly in the water after absorbing water, and the colors are brown and black.

5. touch it. High-quality wild auricularia auricula will feel dry when touched by hand, without graininess, and its texture is hard and tough; It is not easy to crush with your fingers, and it is not easy to bite with your teeth.

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