Snow fungus: a pearl among fungi
Display titles and publisher names are translated or transliterated by TCM Compass where needed. Original information is retained separately below.
- Publisher / author
- Ministry of Agriculture, Taiwan
- Source language
- Traditional Chinese
- Actually accessed
- 2026-11-04
- Published date
- 2008-02-24
- Material type
- Government food education
- Access status
- Actually accessed
- What this source cannot establish
- Older magazine excerpt by Chen Chaozong (name transliterated); used only for aliases, selection and expansion. Unsupported therapeutic claims were not adopted.
Supports: aliases · kitchen texture · selection · traditional description
Original source information
Bibliographic wording is preserved below for checking against the original source.
- Original title
- 菌中明珠—銀耳
- Original publisher / author
- 臺灣農業部
- Original source language code
- zh-Hant
- Original material type
- government food education
- Original supported topics
- aliases · kitchen texture · selection · traditional description
- Original access status
- accessible
- Recorded access date
- 2026-11-04
- Recorded publication date
- 2008-02-24
- Original review notes
- Older magazine excerpt by 陳潮宗; used only for aliases, selection and expansion. Unsupported therapeutic claims were not adopted.
How this reference is used here
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Snow fungus · White fungus · Names and form
Yin er, xue er and bai mu er are names used for snow or white fungus. The agriculture article discusses dried material and its expansion in water. This guide uses text identification only; it cannot certify an unlabelled fungus.
Snow fungus · White fungus · Taste and texture
Dried snow fungus expands substantially in water. Cooked texture depends on the dish and cooking, so identify the food from the label rather than treating colour or a photograph as proof of species.
Snow fungus · White fungus · What to buy
Choose labelled edible fungus with intact packaging. The agriculture excerpt cautions about unusually white, old yellowed or broken material, but appearance cannot measure sulphites. Do not buy unidentified wild fungi.
Snow fungus · White fungus · Keeping dry, fresh and cooked forms
Keep unused dry fungus dry and protected from moisture. Once wet it is no longer a pantry product: use promptly, refrigerate if it must wait, and discard abnormal material. Store a cooked dessert by the leftovers rule, not by the unopened packet date.
Snow fungus · White fungus · Traditional description
The accessed agriculture excerpt includes traditional-sounding therapeutic language but does not give a verified nature classification. We therefore leave that field unspecified rather than inventing one. Its therapeutic statements are not presented as established benefits of a dessert.