King Oyster Mushrooms (saesongi)

The English on the package identified these huge fungi as King Oyster Mushrooms. The handwritten sign at the Korean supermarket was in hangul — 새송이 (saesongi).

King Oyster Mushrooms Saesongi Bosot

The Japanese call this mushroom エリンギ (eringi) from its scientific name Pleurotus eryngii. It is also known in English as king trumpet mushroom and french horn mushroom.

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