滑子菇 (huázǐgū) · nameko mushroom, butterscotch mushroom

Meanings

1 nameko mushroom
2 butterscotch mushroom

About the ingredient

菌类 Mushrooms

Small amber-brown mushrooms whose caps are coated in a slippery, jelly-like layer, with a mild, slightly nutty taste. They are cooked in soups, hot pots and stir-fries, and also sold dried.

Also called 滑子蘑、滑菇

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

滑子菇摸起来很滑。

Huázǐgū mō qǐlai hěn huá.

Nameko mushrooms feel slippery.

HSK 5

我用滑子菇和豆腐做了一锅汤。

Wǒ yòng huázǐgū hé dòufu zuò le yì guō tāng.

I made a pot of soup with nameko mushrooms and tofu.

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usage

滑子蘑 and 滑菇 are other names for the same mushroom. Its small amber-brown caps have a slippery, jelly-like coating, which gives it the 滑 'slippery' in its name.