shiitake-edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe.Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake mushroom.hiitake-edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe.
Sumatra (Sumatera) World's sixth largest island, in w Indonesia. The largest cities (pop. 1990) are Medan (1,685,972), Palembang (1,084,483), and Padang (477,344). Sumatra's w coast is rugged and mountainous, the Barisan Mountains rising to 3810m (12,500ft), and nearly 60% of the lowland area is jungle.
More About the Location of Sumatra. 1  Sumatra is located south of Thailand and Burma (Myanmar); west of Malaysia and Singapore. 2  Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is in Java not far from the southeast tip of Sumatra. 3  India and Sri Lanka are located across the Indian Ocean northwest of Sumatra.