Shiitake mushrooms 500 gr

Shiitake mushrooms

Shiitake mushrooms

This cultivated mushroom from Japan and China has been considered an elixir of life for more than 2000 years, being cultivated in the freshly cut wood of leafy trees.

Shiitake mushroom

Apart from its undoubted culinary qualities, the basis of numerous recipes of soups and woks, the medicinal properties of shiitake mushrooms are due to a component called lentinan, a polysaccharide that regenera and strengthens the body's defenses in a surprising way, especially against viruses and cancer cells.