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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula |
| Species: | L. edodes
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| Binomial name | |
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Lentinula edodes | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white to buff |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is choice |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 香菇 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香菇 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | xiānggū | ||||||
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| Vietnamese | nấm hương | ||||||
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| Thai | เห็ดหอม (hèt hŏm) | ||||||
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| Hangul | 표고 | ||||||
| Hanja | 瓢菰 | ||||||
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| Kanji | 椎茸 or 香蕈 | ||||||
| Hiragana | しいたけ | ||||||
The shiitake (/ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ, ˌʃiːɪ-, -ki/;[1] Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] Chinquapin, Chinese/black forest mushrooms or Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180