Comments on: Wood Ear Mushrooms – Kikurage mushrooms

By: Elaine Luo

Elaine Luo — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:23:53 +0000

In reply to John. Hi John, Personally I like the second type. They have much better taste.

By: John

John — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:18:32 +0000

Hi,

I love black fungus but from what I gather, it seems like there are two main types.
The thin texture, which is thin and crunchy.
The other type, thick texture, which is jelly like and of smooth texture.
How do you choose between the 2 types?
Rgds

By: Elaine Luo

Elaine Luo — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:03:03 +0000

In reply to Lucy. Hi Lucy, I do not believe high quality wood ear has woody taste because usually we get dried ones not fresh ones just pickled from the wood. They should be free of any odd smell. If you smell strong woody or sour taste, those wood ear mushroom might be processed via chemistry technology.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:14:16 +0000

I am very interested in this question. Someone who sells black wood ear recommended a particular brand. When you soak this brand of wood ear, it emits a smell that is not present in supposedly less quality brands. However, I would not call the smell “woody” (earthy, muddy, or mushroom-like). To me, I associate the smell with something synthetic, fake, man-made, such as bad perfume. Does anyone know whether good wood ear is supposed to have a smell of any kind? Thank you!

By: Elaine Luo

Elaine Luo — Wed, 21 May 2014 10:30:37 +0000

In reply to SERENE LIM. Hi Serene, What do you mean by woody smell? Are you talking about dried black fungus or fresh ones? If they has the smell because of long time keeping, I suggest discard them.

By: SERENE LIM

SERENE LIM — Wed, 21 May 2014 07:41:08 +0000

How to remove the woody smell from the black fungus?
Is it still edible?