Agrocybe dura
A grassland agaric listed as edible in historical and scientific catalogues for Hong Kong and China. Taxonomic concepts and practical food value vary; the listings do not establish safe identification or culinary practice.
Mushrooms
Asian cauliflower mushroom
The Asian cauliflower mushroom, Sparassis latifolia, is a cultivated fungus with a frilled, fronded form that is eaten in China, Japan and Korea. Many Asian records under the name Sparassis crispa refer to this species.
A wood-rotting fungus of cultivation
Sparassis latifolia is known as the Asian cauliflower mushroom. The catalogue describes it as a wood-associated brown-rot fungus that is grown as a food fungus, and its supply is regional cultivation rather than wild gathering.
The catalogue lists its regions as China, Japan and Korea. The species is cultivated there for food and appears in the food and market evidence the catalogue records.
A name that has been misapplied
The catalogue records a misapplied name. Many Asian records of Sparassis crispa, in cultivation literature, concern this distinct species, Sparassis latifolia. Readers comparing Asian sources should check which name each source uses before treating two records as the same fungus.
The catalogue notes that the taxonomy was reviewed only as a research name, with no blanket validation of the current accepted name.
Use and cultivation
The catalogue records the species as a cultivated fronded food fungus with food, market and specialist evidence. It records no preparation method, quantity or time for it in this entry, and this page gives none.
Cultivation context is the main point the catalogue draws. Wild gathering of this fungus is not the supply the record describes.
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Places
China
Documented use · Country evidenceListed among the regions where the supplied catalogue records food use and cultivation.
Japan
Documented use · Country evidenceListed among the regions where the supplied catalogue records food use and cultivation.
Korea
Documented use · Country evidenceListed among the regions where the supplied catalogue records food use and cultivation.
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Sources
PubMed CentralIdentification · Method · Distribution
Source for Sparassis latifolia records (supplied catalogue record F-e4e422c2585d, source S058)Cultivated fronded food fungus; wood-associated brown-rot fungus (catalogue)
Asian S. crispa records often concern this distinct species (catalogue caution)
Cited in: A wood-rotting fungus of cultivation; A name that has been misapplied; Use and cultivation
Identification · Distribution
Supplied Asian source for Sparassis latifolia (supplied catalogue record F-e4e422c2585d, source S003)Listed in the supplied catalogue for the Asian regional records; not reread for this page
Cited in: A wood-rotting fungus of cultivation; A name that has been misapplied