ເຫັດບີ້ / Split Gill Mushroom

Use
Food
Income
Medicine
Scientific Name / Family
Schizophyllum commune Fr. / Schizophyllaceae
Synonyms
Agaricus alneus L., Agaricus alneus Reichard, Agaricus multifidus Batsch
Apus alneus (L.) Gray, Daedalea commune (Fr.) P. Kumm.
Merulius alneus (L.) J.F. Gmel., Merulius alneus Schumach.
Merulius communis (Fr.) Spirin & Zmitr., Scaphophorum agaricoides Ehrenb.
Schizophyllum alneum (L.) J. Schröt., Schizophyllum alneum Kuntze, Revis.
Schizophyllum alneum f. alneum, Schizophyllum alneum f. radiatum
Schizophyllum alneus (L.) Kuntze, Schizophyllum multifidum (Batsch) Fr., Schizophyllum multifidum var. digitatum Ellis & T. Macbr., Schizophyllum multifidum (Batsch) Fr.
Other Names
Thai: Het Kheang, Het Tin Touk Kea
Eng common name: Split Gill
Chinese: Liè zhě jūn (裂褶菌)
Botanical Description

Fruiting body a leathery, fan−shaped bracket, 1−3.5 cm broad, frequently lobed or fused at the base with other brackets; upper surface densely hairy, light greyish−brown when moist, ashy grey to white when dry; lower surface light grey consisting of well spaced, longitudinally split gills; stipe usually absent; flesh thin, light grey to brown, tough.

Description of Use

Food: local menu is cooking with herbal, wrap by banana leaf and after streaming. Fleshy fruiting body cook with vegetable.
Medicinal: this species have been shown to have profound health promoting benefits and studies have confirmed their medical efficacy and identified many of the bio−active molecules.

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