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| Hypsizygus tessulatus | |
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| Wild sample identified as "marmoreus", Mount Hotaka (Gunma). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Lyophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Hypsizygus |
| Species: | H. tessulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypsizygus tessulatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white to buff |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is choice |
Hypsizygus tessulatus, the beech mushroom, is an edible mushroom[3] native to East Asia. It is cultivated locally in temperate climates in Europe, North America and Australia and sold fresh in super markets. In nature, these are gilled mushrooms that grow on wood. Most often the mushroom is found on beech trees, hence the common name. Cultivated versions are often small and thin in appearance and popular in many nations across the world.[4]
Two commercial variations, both originating from Japan, are known:
- Buna-shimeji (ja:ブナシメジ), wild type brown coloration. Known as brown beech mushroom, beech mushroom, brown clamshell mushroom;
- Bunapi-shimeji (ja:ブナピー) is a white UV-induced mutant of the former, known as white beech mushroom, white clamshell mushroom. The original strain is registered by Hokto Corporation.
- ^ http://www.mycobank.org/name/Hypsizygus%20tessulatus&Lang=Eng
- ^ a b c Kuo, M (March 2018). "Hypsizygus tessulatus". MushroomExpert.Com.
- ^ a b c Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ "Brown Beech Mushroom - Hypsizygus Tesselatus." Brown Beech Mushroom - Hypsizygus Tesselatus. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2014.[citation needed]
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