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shitake

British  
/ ˌʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ /

noun

  1. a variant of shiitake

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Perhaps a microgreens or endive salad, with shitake mushrooms?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

It was served alongside other bites, including a shitake hand roll with koshi rice wrapped in a wasabi leaf.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

For mains, there is miso stewed beef tongue with shitake mushrooms, spinach, taro potato and daikon radish.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2015

The ground shitake sits on a bookshelf, sealed with a strip of yellow tape.

From Time • Aug. 8, 2011

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