- Umbilicaria esculenta
Taxobox
name = Umbilicaria esculenta [ [http://zipcodezoo.com/Fungi/U/Umbilicaria_esculenta.asp Umbilicaria esculenta ] ]
regnum =Fungi
divisio =Ascomycota
classis =Lecanoromycetes
subclassis =Lecanoromycetidae
ordo =Lecanorales
subordo =Lecanorineae
familia =Umbilicariaceae
genus = "Umbilicaria "
species = "Umbilicaria esculenta" (Miyoshi) Minks
binomial = "Umbilicaria esculenta" (Miyoshi) Minks"Umbilicaria esculenta" is a
lichen of thegenus "Umbilicaria" that grows on rocks. It can be found inEast Asia such asChina ,Korea andJapan . It is edible when properly prepared and has been used as a food source and medicine. It is called "seogi" (hangul: 석이; hanja: 石耳; literally "stone ear" or "rock ear") in Korean and "iwatake" (kanji: 岩茸 or 石茸) in Japanese.The species name is based on the earlier
basionym "Gyrophora esculenta".References
*cite journal|url=http://www.msk.or.kr/jsp/downloadPDF1.jsp?paperSeq=2605&fileName=45(6)_17.pdf |title=Melanogenesis Inhibitory Effects of Methanolic Extracts of Umbilicaria esculenta and Usnea longissima |publisher=The Journal of Microbiology |language=English |date=December 2007 |pages=p. 578-582 |volumn=Vol. 45 |issues=No. 6 |author=Moo-Sung Kim |coauthors= Hong-Bum Cho|accessdate=2008-05-28
External links
* [http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/namesrecord.asp?RecordID=120431 "Umbilicaria esculenta" entry] at Index Fungorum
* [http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=386545 "Gyrophora esculenta" entry] at Index Fungorum
* [http://www.herbalextractok.com/Herbal-Extract/Umbilicaria-Esculenta.html Umbilicaria esculenta]
* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/hatuzawa/NikosansiSasie.html Japanese drawings showing the harvesting of "U. esculenta"]ee also
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Rock tripe
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