Sanghwang mushroom

Tropicoporus linteus

mushroom · infusion

A woody bracket fungus, hard as wood, in chips boiled into a brown decoction, mild and slightly woody, in Korea.

Origin

Korea, Japan and China

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

A handful of shavings is boiled for half an hour or more in a quart of water; it is strained and drunk, and the shavings thrown away.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucans

Did you know?

It grows on mulberry trees, and its Korean name means “mulberry yellow”.