萌黄茸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萌	黄	茸
もえ Jinmeiyō	き > ぎ Grade: 2	たけ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
萌黃茸 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞e̞ɡʲita̠ke̞]

Noun

モエギタケ: verdigris agaric mushrooms

萌(もえ)黄(ぎ)茸(たけ) or 萌黄茸(モエギタケ) • (moegitake) 

1. verdigris agaric, Stropharia aeruginosa, a woodland mushroom
2. Strophariaceae, a taxonomic family of mushrooms
   • 1983, Nanba Tsuneo, Mikage Masayuki, Doku no aru shokubutsu [Poisonous plants]‎^[1], page 54:

     ニガクリタケ　モエギタケ科(か)
     緑(みどり)がかった黄(き)色(いろ)の小(ちい)さなキノコで、食(た)べると苦(にが)味(み)があります。

     Nigakuritake moegitake ka
     Midori gakatta kīro no chīsana kinoko de, taberu to nigami ga arimasu.

     Sulphur tuft. Strophariacea family
     This small greenish yellow mushroom, if ingested, has a bitter taste.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

• “モエギタケ(萌黄茸)”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014