Maitake

Botanical name - Grifola frondosa
Japanese name - Maitake

Chinese name - Hui Shu Hua

English name - Hen of the Woods

This popular culinary mushroom's Japanese name translates as 'Dancing Mushroom' because of people's joy on finding it.

Several extracts from it have been developed as nutritional supplements in Japan and worldwide with a growing body of evidence supporting its benefit.