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enoki

American  
[ih-noh-kee] / ɪˈnoʊ ki /

noun

  1. a thin, long-stemmed and tiny-capped white mushroom, Flamma velutipes, native to the northern mountain ranges of Japan and prized as a food.


Etymology

Origin of enoki

< Japanese enoki(take), equivalent to enoki “hackberry, Chinese nettle tree” + take “mushroom”

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She couldn't remember "the specific purchase", but had previously bought a variety of mushrooms - shitake, porcini, enoki - from similar stores, she said.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2025

Montebello-based company recalls enoki mushrooms suspected as the source of a listeria outbreak that has infected 36 people and killed four.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2024

The team treated the fruiting bodies of enoki mushrooms and the inedible reishi mushrooms with sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2024

But listeria linked to enoki mushrooms has come to the attention of the CDC and the organization posted a warning page to its website since a 2020 outbreak.

From Seattle Times Nov. 19, 2022

Sometimes, but rarely, a pine or other tree is substituted for the enoki.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

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