Treebeard is a tree flower.
In the high mountain forests where tree flowers grow, the texture of tree flowers is very soft. Because its shape and color resemble a brown beard, it is also called tree beard.
In the high mountain forests in some areas of Yunnan, there are many ancient trees growing, which are also good places for tree flowers to grow. Whenever spring and summer overlap, there will be flowers everywhere under these ancient trees. Tree flowers blown down by the wind were falling.
Extended information:
The tree flower is a kind of lichen plant that is parasitic on the trunk, branches and bark. The tree flower is a forest-associated fungus and a lichen plant. . It has extremely high nutritional value, containing a variety of amino acids and minerals, and its high calcium content is rare among vegetables.
Treebeards have extremely high requirements for living conditions, and they must be in high mountains without pollution. Fresh tree beard will have a bitter taste. Pick the tree beard, dry it in the sun, and boil it in alkaline water to remove the bitter taste. Take it out, rinse it, and then dry it.
When eating, soak it in boiling water, pick out the impurities, wash it, squeeze out the excess water, and then you can process it into a variety of cold dishes with unique flavor and good taste.
Baidu Encyclopedia—Tree Flowers