The tea tree mushroom, originally for the Jiangxi Guangchang territory of the high mountain dense forest area tea tree root and stem part of the growth of a kind of wild mushrooms. It is a set of high protein, low fat, low sugar, health care and therapeutic in one of the pure natural pollution-free health care edible fungi. After optimization and improvement of the tea tree mushrooms, cover tender handle brittle, taste pure fragrance, excellent taste, can be cooked into a variety of delicious dishes, its nutritional value exceeds the shiitake and other edible mushrooms, is a high-grade edible mushrooms.

Morphological characteristics

Substrate solitary, twin or clustered, cap diameter 5-10cm, smooth surface, dark reddish brown, with shallow wrinkles, flesh (except the surface and the base of the stipe) white, fibrous stripes, medium solid. At maturity, the stipe becomes hard, the stipe is attached with dark pale mucus, and the mycorrhizal ring remains on the stipe or is attached to the edge of the cap and falls off automatically. The inner surface is often full of spores and is embroidered brown spores are oval, light brown.

Mycorrhizal caps are primordial, then spreading, light, brown, lighter edge. Flesh white, fat. Mycorrhizal folds and the stipe into straight or not obvious spaced, the first brown, later light brown. Mycopodium medium solid, 4-12 centimeters long, light yellowish brown. Mycorrhizal ring white, membranous, epiphytic. Spores ovate to ellipsoid.

The Tea Tree Mushroom belongs to the same species as the Poplar Mushroom, the Columnar Field Mushroom, the Columnar Ring Rust Umbrella, the Willow Mushroom, the Willow Ring Mushroom (Guizhou and Yunnan), and the Willow Matsutake Mushroom (Japan and Taiwan Province of China). However, poplar mushroom, columnar field head mushroom, columnar ring rust umbrella, willow mushroom, willow ring mushroom (Guizhou, Yunnan), willow matsutake mushroom (Japan and Taiwan Province of China) and other species, and the tea tree mushrooms in the morphology and quality of the big difference, tea tree mushrooms in flavor, aroma, food, medicinal value and economic value, etc., is obviously better than poplar mushroom and other species.