Common varieties of cockfighting mushrooms

The name of termitomycetes varies from place to place. Guangdong is called chicken fir, Chaoshan is called chicken fir, Taiwan Province and Fujian are called shredded chicken mushroom, Fujian is also called chicken foot mushroom and tung mushroom, and Sichuan is called fighting mushroom and umbrella mushroom. In Japan, it is called termite mushroom and termite mushroom. Others call it chicken fungus, chicken longitudinal flower, litchi fungus, June fungus, mushroom, termite fungus, chicken oil fungus and so on. There were many names in ancient books before the Ming Dynasty, such as chicken fungus, chicken silly, chicken clan, chicken longitudinal dish and so on.

Due to the different development degree and growth environment, there are many interesting names in the market where Pleurotus ostreatus is sold. Locals call it white-skinned chicken termites, yellow-skinned chicken termites or feather-proof chickens, black-skinned chicken termites, gray-yellow grass chickens, and flower-skinned chickens with fungus towers cracking to expose tremella meat. Termitomyces gallinarum is a kind of overgrown fungus, which has several connected flowers, called termitomycetes nidulans, and occasionally there are scattered termitomycetes. Sometimes dozens to hundreds of flowers are connected together, also known as torch chickens or cloaked chickens. Among them, the best quality is garlic chicken group, followed by mountain chicken fir, and then torch chicken group.