Wild True Red Mushroom

Wild True Red Mushroom

　　Blood-enriching, anti-cancer, the king of mushrooms. Characteristics of the True Red Mushroom: when broken, the stem shows a light blue color; the stem is loose but not hollow, large in size, with a reddish surface. Wild True Red Mushrooms grow only twice a year—3 to 5 days in July and 3 to 5 days in September—so a mountain family can harvest only one or two pounds in a whole year. There are many types of mushrooms called "red mushrooms" in the local dialect, but the one that truly tastes good, is non-toxic, and has blood-enriching and anti-cancer properties is the True Red Mushroom of the Russula genus in the Russulaceae family.