Corylus lingdong

Corylus heterophylla is an edible fungus of Tricholomataceae. Wild Corylus heterophylla is one of the unique delicacies in northeast China, and it is one of the few edible fungi that cannot be cultivated artificially. Hazelnut mushroom is delicious, and stewed chicken with hazelnut mushroom is an indispensable traditional dish for northeast people to entertain guests. Hazelnut mushroom contains a variety of amino acids and vitamins necessary for human body. Regular consumption can strengthen the body's immunity, improve intelligence, make people happy, replenish qi and not be hungry, and prolong the intellectual fit. Hazelnut mushroom is umbrella-shaped, light khaki, and brown when it is old. There are flat or erect scales in the middle of the lid, which are nearly smooth after aging, and the edges of the lid have radially arranged stripes. Tearing off the lid can show the white flesh of the mushroom. The stipe is slender, cylindrical, slightly thick at the base, curved, 5-13 cm high, with longitudinal stripes and soft to hollow inside. Hazelnut mushrooms grow in July and August on the dry base, roots, fallen trees and branches buried in the soil of coniferous broad-leaved trees. Generally, it is born on the hazel hill in the shallow mountainous area, so it is named "hazel mushroom". Hazelnut mushrooms are not only edible, but also medicinal. Hazelnut mushroom can be used to cultivate gastrodia elata, a valuable medicinal material, that is, to improve the yield and quality of gastrodia elata by using its symbiotic relationship in artificial cultivation.
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