The scientific name of Flammulina velutipes is money mushroom with hairy handle, and the common name is trouble mushroom, which can also be called winter mushroom. Because its stem is very slender, like day lily, it is named Flammulina velutipes, which has high nutritional value and good medicinal and dietetic effects. Its distribution in nature is excessive, saying that it is distributed in various countries, such as China, Russian, Japanese, Europe and so on.

Moreover, as a vegetable, Flammulina velutipes does not contain chlorophyll, so it has no ability of photosynthesis and cannot produce carbohydrates. This plant can grow in the dark, but it needs to absorb some organic substances from the soil, such as carbohydrates, some protein and fat. As saprophyte, it mainly grows on the trunk or leaves of some dead trees, and is widely planted in Lingshou, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

Moreover, Flammulina velutipes has high nutritional value. For example, it contains many kinds of amino acids, which are higher than ordinary mushrooms, especially lysine, which can promote children's intellectual development. And Flammulina velutipes has a very good anti-cancer effect. As a kind of food, it can also have a very good health care function, so its market demand is very large. Flammulina velutipes mainly consists of two kinds of vegetative organs. The vegetative organ consists of mycelium and reproductive organ fruiting body, while Flammulina velutipes, as saprophytic fungi, can only absorb some nutrients from the existing culture materials.

That's what Flammulina velutipes introduced to you. Flammulina velutipes is very common in our daily life, mainly used when people wash pots, and winter is also the season when a large number of Flammulina velutipes are on the market. Flammulina velutipes has high nutritional value and is very helpful to our health.

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