OpenGentle
Poria
Wolfiporia extensa
A buried pine fungus used in Chinese soups for dampness, gut, and calm — a sclerotium, not a mushroom cap.
Flavor
Almost none — a clean, faintly sweet wood. It carries the soup.
Symptoms
water retention, anxiety, insomnia, indigestion
In favor
Gentle food-herb
Against
Not a beginner grow
Grow lab
Yes
Days to harvest
365–730 days in specialist pine culture; kitchen use is purchased dried cubes