Features : Thai Name : Hed Horm Scientific Name : Lenfinula Bododes Season Availability : All Around the year Shitake mushrooms are native to china but are many grown in Asian countries. Shitake mushrooms have been used medicinally by the Chinese for more than 6000 years. Today shitake mushrooms are grown and eaten in many western countries also. The traditional method for the cultivation of shitake mushrooms is to grow them on dead tree branches. Shitake mushrooms are rich in b vitamins. Mushrooms have shitake brown, slightly convex caps diameter from that range in about two to four inches in diameter.