Are white wood ear and silver ear the same thing?
Silver ear not only has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stimulating the appetite, but also the effects of boosting qi and clearing the intestines, and nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. It can both enhance human immunity and increase tumor patients' tolerance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is rich in natural plant gelatin, and in addition, because it has a yin-nourishing effect, it is a good skin-moistening food that can be taken over the long term. Now let us take a look together at whether white wood ear is silver ear!
Is white wood ear the same as silver ear?
White wood ear is silver ear. Silver ear is also called white wood ear, snow ear, silver ear zi, and so on. It belongs to the fruiting body of the fungus Tremella fuciformis in the family Tremellaceae, genus Tremella, and has the laudatory title of "crown of fungi." The fruiting body is pure white to milky white, 5-10 cm in diameter, soft and white, semi-transparent, and elastic. It is composed of several pieces and resembles a chrysanthemum shape, peony shape, or hydrangea shape. After drying it shrinks, becomes horny, hard and brittle, and white or pale yellow. The hymenium grows on the surface of the lobes. The basidia are nearly spherical or nearly ovoid, longitudinally septate, and grow on the rotten wood of broad-leaved trees in summer and autumn.
The production areas and distribution of silver ear
Silver ear is a specialty of China. Wild silver ear is mainly distributed in China's Sichuan Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Jiangsu Province, Jiangxi Province, Anhui Province, Taiwan Province, Hubei Province, Hainan Province, Hunan Province, Guangdong Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tibet, and other areas. Wild silver ear is scarce in quantity and was a precious tonic in ancient times, but with the founding of New China, the success of Gutian silver ear artificial cultivation technology brought silver ear to thousands of households and made it a fine product that everyone can taste.
How to soak and rehydrate silver ear
1. First put the silver ear into cold water and soak for 1 to 1.5 hours (warm water can be used in winter), then sort it out and wash away dirt.
2. Some silver ear will expand a lot after soaking, so please soak it according to how much you will eat.
3. After silver ear is cooked, it is best to eat it the same day, but the claim that after sitting overnight silver ear soup has reduced nutritional content and produces the harmful substance nitrite is a rumor.