 | | | The lingzhi or reishi mushroom has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years, because of lingzhi's presumed health benefits and apparent absence of side-effects. | | | | |  |  | Abalone oyster mushroom (Pleurotus Cystidiosus) is a related species cultivated in Taiwan and exported as the abalone mushroom, named for its resemblance to the large adductor muscle of the abalone (a shellfish). | | | |  |  | Monkey Head Mushroom is an edible or medicinal mushroom in the tooth fungus group. It can be identified by its tendency to grow all the spines out from one group, long spines and its appearance on hardwoods. | | | |  |  | Black Jelly Mushroom known as the Jew's Ear, Jelly Ear. The mushroom can be found throughout the year in temperate regions worldwide, where it grows upon both dead and living wood. | | | | | |
