straw mushroom
noun
: a mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) that has a conical cap and is cultivated in southeastern Asia and used especially in Chinese cooking
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The fried fish cakes are springy as ever, and the lemongrass broth, punctuated with shrimp and straw mushrooms, retains its tang; Panngern changed the look, but not the previous owner’s chef.
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Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
And Crispy Rice is a rich bowl of complex textures and fatty acidity: Crunchy rice chunks are topped with a little bitter mizuna and hot kimchi, a poached egg and bright pickled straw mushrooms.
—Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 19 Mar. 2018
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Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
And Crispy Rice is a rich bowl of complex textures and fatty acidity: Crunchy rice chunks are topped with a little bitter mizuna and hot kimchi, a poached egg and bright pickled straw mushrooms.
—Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 19 Mar. 2018
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“Straw mushroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straw%20mushroom. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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