It is the Japanese name for a very elongated and white mushroom. Its scientific name is Flammulina velutipes (which in Latin means as if it were a little flame), from the family Physalacriaceae and the Order Agaricales. It is also known as golden needle mushroom (Chinese), winter mushroom or velvet stem. In Gastronomy they are used for soups and salads. .
ENOKI flammulina velutipes from Japanese, also called golden needle seta, in Chinese, because it sometimes grows stacked on one on other, but at other times grows with a long, thin stem. It belongs to a family of white and elongated mushrooms, common in several regions of Asia and widely used in gastronomy.
