Update information: Chinese common name : 雞毛菌(Chang, 2004)、雞毛菌子、雞冠菌(Wong, 1998) Remark : this species belongs to裂摺菌科 Currently put in F. Schizophyllaceae (Wong, 1998; Chang, 2004)
Update informationL Chinese Common names: 蠔菇、北風菇、秀珍菇(培植)、鮑魚菇 (Chang, 2004)、粗皮側耳、凍菌、天花菌 (Wong, 1998) Remark: 鮑魚菇refers to 側耳Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) Quel. In Taiwan
Other Chinese common name: 腐木生側耳 English common name: Lignicole Pleurotus Native Morphological structure: Pileus 3-5cm; slightly depressed, creamy white Edibility: edible Ecology: grow on dead branches of broad-leaved trees Location in Hong Kong: 大埔 Occurence: low
Other Chinese names: 潔麗香菇、豹皮菇、松樹香菇 English common name: Scaly Lentinus Native Morphological structures: Pileus: 5-15cm; flat hemispere; pale yellow with brown spots Edibility: edible, but not good for eating when grows old, as it turns hard Ecology: grow on dead wood in summer and autumn Location in Hong Kong: 大埔 Occurence: low
Objectives:
1. To update the information of the book “Hong Kong Mushrooms” (Chang & Mao, 1995); updating process includes canceling out (both native and import) species in the book, which do not currently exist in Hong Kong and adding in new mushroom species discovered or reported in the Hong Kong territory
2. To revise and compile the scientific names, English common names, Chinese common names (including those names used in Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan)
3. To provide a new and clear online and interactive mushrooms database for the public