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![](images/en_science_name.jpg) | Volvariella Volvacea Fr. |
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![](images/en_family_name.jpg) | Agrocaceae | |
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![](images/en_common_name.jpg) | Straw Mushroom | |
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![](images/en_another_name.jpg) | Het bua (Kanchana Diwiset, et al., 2005, p. 245 ) | |
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![](images/en_characteristic.jpg) | Tropical mushroom, grows on many media such as compost, humus soil and old straw at 40O C. for the spore to germinate. The young ones look like a small white ball with a grayish color at in the middle, 1-3 cm. in diameter. Cap hat-shaped, stalk 4-5cm. long, 1 cm. cylindrical, smooth, umbrella-like with a cup-like volva at the base; whitish brown. (Kanchana Diwiset, et al., 2005, p. 245 ) | |
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No information on nutrition.
As for food Tender straw mushrooms are used in many different dishes including tom, kaeng and yam. Lanna people use it to make a spicy salad called yam het fang with lap chili paste the same as making yam chin khai and yam kop. (Kanchana Diwiset, et al., 2005, p. 245 ) |
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A cool sweet taste, used as a tonic, for healing bruises of the inner organs or liver damage. (Kanchana Diwiset, et al., 2005, p. 245 ) | |
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![](images/en_season.jpg) | All year round | |
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![](images/en_title_reference3.jpg) |
Kanchana Diwiset, et al., comp. (2005). Phak Phuen Ban Phak Nuea. Phennapha Sapcharoen, ed. (2nd ed.). Bangkok: Center for the Development of Traditional Thai Medicine. |
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