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'''LENTINULA MUMSELIËNSIS

LENTINULA MUMSELIËNSIS commonly know as Mumsel(s). this mushroom is very closely related to its “cousin” the Lentitula Edodes which is widely used for culinary purposes around the world.

General information on the Lentitula Edodes Shii Take mushroom:

Lentitula Edodes is comonly found in China & Japan and is widely uses in cooking. There are also beliefs that it had medical purposes. This version of the Shiitake acquires vitamine D once exposed to UV light.

Kingdom: Fungi & Species Lentitula.

Shii is the Japanese name for a tree called Castanopsis Cuspidata. Take is Japanese for mushroom. This mushroom is commonly found on this tree, and it became popular in the period of the Ming Dynasty( 1368 – 1644) The Tong Qu variant is the most popular, and therefore purchased most generally for commercial purposes.

Miles Joseph Berkeley created the names Lentitula Edodes & Agaricus Edodes in 1878.

Literature: Nicola Krämer & Jutta Grimm, Christopher Hobbes.

Lentitula Mumseliënsis, is closely related to the afore mentioned Lentitula Edodes, and they are practically undistiguishable from each other in looks. The taste on the other hand is quite unique (See tasting notes).

Tasting Notes: Has a strong chesnutty top taste, but the after taste hints delicately to the brown truffel. It has the strange ability of combining well with chocolate and aged port wine.

Lentitula Mumseliënsis, better known as Mumsel(s) was genetically created by John Adam Foppezoon Mumsel. Mr Foppezoon Mumsel is a Britsh scientist with Frysian/Dutch ancestry. His great grandfather was a great follower of Darwin and motivated him to go study Biology related subjects, and gave him his passion for asian vegetables.

This vegetable is a hardier variant to its Japanes relative, and therefore is also grown is colder countries in Europe.

It grows in the wild, but for commercial purposes it has been grown in hothouses on a relatively small scale in various Western European countries. Mostly used in the more expensive restaurants & Hotels.'''