Fungus (see below), which are produced by very closely related "Aspergilli". Quorn, a meat substitute, is made from "Fusarium venenatum". Edible mushrooms include commercially raised and wild-harvested fungi. "Agaricus bisporus", sold as button mushrooms when small or Portobello mushrooms when larger, is the most widely cultivated species in the West, used in salads, soups, and many other dishes. Many Asian fungi are commercially grown and have increased in popularity in the West. They are often available fresh in grocery stores and markets, including straw mushrooms ("Volvariella volvacea"), oyster mushrooms ("Pleurotus ostreatus"), shiitakes ("Lentinula edodes"), and enokitake ("Flammulina" spp.). Many other mushroom
Suminoe oyster Suminoe oyster The Suminoe oyster ("Magallana ariakensis"), is a species of true oyster which inhabits intertidal hard grounds and substrate, as well as muddy creeks of warm estuaries throughout the western Pacific. It is large and flat in appearance and almost identical in gross morphology to "Crassostrea virginica". Similar to other oysters, "Crassostrea ariakensis" is a bivalve mollusk with a hard calcium-carbonaceous shell. The hard shell provides protection from predation. The Suminoe oyster can reach shell heights of 76 mm within 2 years post-settlement. Growth and setting of Suminoe oyster larva were most successful at salinities of 15 to 20