Wood ear mushrooms

Mogi-beoseot 목이버섯

Wood ear mushrooms are used for some Chinese dishes which are popular in Korea, so you can usually find them in Chinese as well as Korean markets. Soak them in warm water for an hour before using them.

Fresh wood ear mushrooms

Recipes that use wood ear mushrooms (mogi-beoseot):

Sweet and sour pork (or beef)

Posted on Friday, December 19th, 2008 at 12:24 am. Last updated on February 21, 2014.
Tagged: 목이버섯, korean food, korean ingredients, woodear mushrooms

3 Comments:

Reinier Rotterdam, The Netherlands joined 2/09 & has 2,252 comments
Posted June 27th, 2009 at 7:40 pm | Log in to reply.

Thank you! I’ll pick up a bag next time i’m at the store.
Also called mouse ear, nice :)
Reinier Rotterdam, The Netherlands joined 2/09 & has 2,252 comments
Posted June 26th, 2009 at 6:42 pm | Log in to reply.

I saw it in a shop i thomk, but i don’t know if it’s the same, but it sure looked like it. It was Black Fungus. Is this the right one?
- Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 11,710 comments
  Posted June 26th, 2009 at 7:11 pm | Log in to reply.
  
  I checked on the internet and found it is called black fungus, too
  http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/1999/asian/fungus.html

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English name: Wood ear mushrooms
Other English name(s): cloud ear mushrooms, black fungus, black Chinese fungus (or mushroom), wood ear fungus, wood fungus, ear fungus, tree ear fungus, mouse ear
Scientific name: Auricularia polytricha
Classified under: Mushrooms