Shiitake

"Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.

We keep shiitake mushrooms dry.

It's troublesome that Internet Explorer's stop icon looks like a shiitake mushroom.

A "shiitake" is a kind of mushroom.

A "shiitake" is a type of mushroom.

For dinner we had fried shiitake with pak choi.

We had fried shiitake with pak choi for tea.

Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”

Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag.