The nutritional difference between linden fungus and ordinary fungus is that linden fungus is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, while ordinary fungus is rich in amino acids, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.

The fungus is a kind of tanya, silver ear, silver ear, silver ear, silver ear family, silver ear of fungi, also known as white fungus, snow ear, silver ear, etc., have "fungus in the crown," the name of the United States. The fungus is generally chrysanthemum-shaped or crown-shaped, 5-10 cm in diameter, soft, white, translucent, flexible.

The fungus as China's traditional edible fungi, has always been loved by the majority of the people's favorite food, the vast majority of species of fungus are born in a variety of trees on the log. However, the mycelium of the silver fungus has almost no ability to decompose cellulose, so in the process of its completion of the life history must rely on the assistance of another fungus that is the ash fungus, also known as the ear friend fungus, also known as the feathery mycelium.

Shopping for fungus:

1, smell fungus flavor

Quality of fresh fungus, there should be fungus of the fragrance, no acid, odor, odor. Longer storage time of the old fungus, not only the color will gradually become yellow, but also due to the denaturation of protein, fat components and sour gas or other unpleasant odor. If there is a pungent flavor, it means that there is more sulfur dioxide residue in it.

2, the color of the silver fungus

Quality silver fungus is light yellow, bright and clean, uniform color; sub-quality silver fungus color is impure or with gray. Especially white fungus, which some people call snow fungus, is very likely to have been specially treated and is not recommended to be chosen.

3, taste the texture of the fungus

The fungus itself should be tasteless, buy a small amount of taste, such as the tongue has a stimulating or spicy sensation, suggesting that the fungus with an excessive amount of sulfur smoked.

4, measure the wateriness of the fungus

Different qualities of the fungus, after immersion in water performance is not the same. First-grade dried silver fungus after immersion in water, with toughness, swelling good, expansion rate of up to 15 times or more, flexible. Second grade dried silver fungus after soaking in water, the expansion rate is more than 12 times. Inferior quality of silver fungus after soaking in water, the expansion rate is smaller.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Linden Trees Ginkgo Fungus