Kinoko, a kind of Yamawarawa (also known as Yamawaro) (It is thought that Kappa [a water spirit haunting many rivers]) transformed into Kinoko) which is a Yokai haunting in a mountain, appears in the mountainous areas or the mountains in Yoshino area in Nara Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture.
奈良県の吉野地方や兵庫県の山間部や森の中にいるという妖怪で、同じく山にいる妖怪である山童の一種。