杏鲍菇, photo 1 of 3
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Photo credit

Photo
Seta de cardo (Pleurotus eryngii), 2012-10-03, DD 01
By
Diego Delso
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Pleurotus eryngii mushrooms at the Edgar Quinet market
By
Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble
Licence
CC BY 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Pleurotus eryngii
By
Lemon-s
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

杏鲍菇

杏鮑菇
xìngbàogū
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 king oyster mushroom
  2. 2 king trumpet mushroom

About the ingredient

菌类 Mushrooms

A thick white stem under a small brown cap, with little taste raw. It is sliced and stir-fried, cut into thick slices for skewers, or deep-fried, and stays firm and springy when cooked.

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ mǎi le liǎng hé xìngbàogū.
I bought two packs of king oyster mushrooms.
HSK 7-9
Xìngbàogū de bǐng yòu cū yòu hòu, qiēpiàn chǎo zhe chī hěn yǒu jiáojìn.
King oyster mushrooms have a thick, fleshy stem; sliced and stir-fried, they are pleasantly chewy.

Tips

memory
杏 'apricot, almond' + 鲍 'abalone' + 菇 'mushroom': the name is usually explained as a mushroom with an almond-like smell and a firm bite like abalone.
usage
刺芹菇 is its botanical name, after the wild sea holly whose roots it grows on. In shops and on menus it is 杏鲍菇.

Stroke Order

杏 xìng
鲍 bào
菇 gū