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Stropharia rugosoannulata

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Giant stropharia, King stropharia, Wine cap, Wine roundhead

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Stropharia rugosoannulata, commonly known as the wine cap, wine-red stropharia, wine cap stropharia, garden giant, burgundy mushroom, or king stropharia, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Strophariaceae found in North America. It is regarded as a choice edible.

Description

A mushroom. A large thick fleshed mushroom with a reddish tinged cap.

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Edible Uses

Described as a very tasty edible mushroom by some authors, it is easily cultivated on a medium similar to that on which it grows naturally. Antonio Carluccio recommends sautéeing them in butter or grilling them.

Traditional Uses

The fruiting bodies are eaten.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant. In Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Africa, Asia, Australia, Britain, China, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, North America, Russia,

Other Information

It is a cultivated food plant.

Synonyms

Stropharia ferrii Bres.and others

Also Known As

Rough-ringed agaric, Wenhuan quigaigu, Zhou huan qiu gai

References (9)

  • Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
  • Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 254
  • Hall, I. R., et al, 2003, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World. Timber Press. p 314
  • Kaufmann, B. et al, 1999, The Great Encyclopedia of Mushrooms. Konemann. p 142
  • Kaye, G.C., 1986, Wild and Exotic Mushroom Cultivation in North America
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  • Liu, D., et al, 2018, An ethnobotanical survey of edible fungi in Chuxiong City, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2018) 14:42
  • Pace, G., 1998, Mushrooms of the world. Firefly books. p 55 (As Stropharia ferrii)
  • Yan, P., et al, 2004, Characterization of protoplasts prepared from the edible fungus, Stropharia rugoso-annulata. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 20: 173–177
  • Zhang, W., et al, 2014, Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Lectin from the Edible Mushroom Stropharia rugosoannulata Molecules 2014, 19, 19880-19891

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