User:Soap/Termitomyces albuminosus

T. albuminosus
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T. albuminosus
Binomial name
Termitomyces albuminosus
(Berk.) Heim
Synonyms

Termitomyces eurrhizus (Berk.) Heim

Termitomyces albuminosus is a long-stemmed mushroom grown in Yunnan province, China. Its Chinese name is 鸡枞 (pronounced "jīzōng") and it was formerly known scientifically as collybia albuminosa.[1]

Trivia

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A menu from a restaurant in Beijing once erroneously translated the name of the mushroom as Wikipedia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ E. R. Boa. Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their use and importance to people. p. 12.
  2. ^ http://ourfounder.typepad.com/leblog/2007/10/jimmy-wales-gro.html


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