红菇 (hónggū) · red mushroom (Russula vinosa)

Measure Word

一朵红菇 duǒ

Meanings

1 red mushroom (Russula vinosa)

About the ingredient

菌类 Mushrooms

A wild mushroom with a deep red cap, picked in summer and autumn in the hills of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and the far south, and sold dried. Simmered with meat, it gives soup a sweet taste and a clear red colour.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

福建山区的红菇非常珍贵。

Fújiàn shānqū de hónggū fēicháng zhēnguì.

Red mushrooms from mountainous Fujian are highly prized.

HSK 7-9

产妇常喝红菇汤补身体。

Chǎnfù cháng hē hónggū tāng bǔ shēntǐ.

New mothers often drink red-mushroom soup to recover their strength.

Tips

usage

Wild red-cap Russula mushroom found in Fujian, Guangxi, and Yunnan. Cannot be farmed commercially, so dried red mushrooms sell at a premium as a postpartum tonic.