白灵菇 (báilínggū) · Bailing mushroom (Pleurotus nebrodensis /…

Measure Word

一朵白灵菇 duǒ

Meanings

1 Bailing mushroom (Pleurotus nebrodensis / eryngii group)

About the ingredient

菌类 Mushrooms

A thick, creamy-white mushroom with a broad, fleshy cap and a dense, springy bite. Sliced and cooked in oyster sauce, it is served as a meatless stand-in for abalone.

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Examples

HSK 7-9

白灵菇口感像鲍鱼,非常鲜美。

Báilínggū kǒugǎn xiàng bàoyú, fēicháng xiānměi.

Bailing mushrooms have an abalone-like texture and a wonderful umami flavour.

HSK 7-9

新疆是白灵菇的主要产地。

Xīnjiāng shì báilínggū de zhǔyào chǎndì.

Xinjiang is the main production area for Bailing mushrooms.

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culture

A pure-white king oyster relative native to the Tianshan mountain steppes of Xinjiang, first commercially cultivated in the 1980s. Prized in banquet cuisine for its scallop-like snap and is often called 草原上的人参 "ginseng of the steppe" in marketing copy.