maitake

From Japanese 舞茸 (maitake).

• Hyphenation: mai‧ta‧ke

maitake (countable and uncountable, plural maitakes)

1. Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.
   • 2007 November 9, Stephen Regenold, “Hot on the Trail of the Edible Fungi in Illinois”, in New York Times‎:

     Truffles, maitake, matsutake, king boletes, shiitake and dozens of other edible types are hunted commercially around the planet.

• hen of the woods, ram's head, sheep's head, signorina

• take aim

maitake

1. Rōmaji transcription of まいたけ
2. Rōmaji transcription of マイタケ