Flammulina filiformis
| Enokitake | |
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| Cultivated Flammulina filiformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Physalacriaceae |
| Genus: | Flammulina |
| Species: | F. filiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Flammulina filiformis (Z.W. Ge, X.B. Liu & Zhu L. Yang) P.M. Wang, Y.C. Dai, E. Horak & Zhu L. Yang (2018)
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| Synonyms | |
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| Flammulina filiformis | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex or flat | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is choice | |
Flammulina filiformis, commonly called enoki mushroom, is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Physalacriaceae. Until recently, the species was considered to be conspecific with the European Flammulina velutipes, but DNA sequencing has shown that the two are distinct.
It is widely cultivated as an edible mushroom in East Asia, where it is included in Japanese and Chinese cuisine.