Shiitake mushrooms have spores (seeds) on the underside of the cap (fruiting body) that we eat, and by releasing these spores, it produces offspring. A typical single spore germinates into a monokaryotic mycelium, which cannot reproduce sexually; when two compatible monokaryotic mycelia join and form a dikaryotic mycelium, that mycelium may form fruiting bodies such as mushrooms. In other words, the shiitake mushroom mycelium is the mother, and the shiitake mushroom (umbrella part) is like the baby. Just as a mother stores a lot of nutrients to give birth to a baby, the mycelium just before producing shiitake mushrooms contains more nutrients than shiitake mushrooms. L. E M. (Lentinula Edodes Mycelium) is the most potent nutrient in shiitake.
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2023-02-01