User:Soap/Termitomyces albuminosus

T. albuminosus
Scientific classification
Superkingdom:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Subclass:	Agaricomycetidae
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Termitomyces
Species:	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

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

References

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

External links

http://ourfounder.typepad.com/leblog/2007/10/jimmy-wales-gro.html <--- the menu page
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/鸡枞 <--- Chinese wikipedia article on the mushroom

[1] E. R. Boa. Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their use and importance to people. p. 12.

[2] ttp://ourfounder.typepad.com/leblog/2007/10/jimmy-wales-gro.html

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