Color Names

Shiitake

Earth-toned cap of the forest mushroom, dried and ready for the wok.

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Shiitake is a warm grey.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Shiitake

Shiitake

The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe. The earliest written records of their cultivation dates to 1209, during the Song dynasty in China.

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shiitake

Noun

  1. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
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