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| Tengang Daga - Auricularia Auricula |
Taingang daga” does not belong to the rats, although it resembles rat’s ear.
“Taingang daga” refers to the edible high-protein tropical mushroom. It is a highly nutritious food, being an excellent source of riboflavin and niacin. The protein content is about 16-25% which is comparable to some protein-rich legumes.
Taingang daga is expensive too! Thus with the money-making potentials of Taingang daga plus its high nutritive value, why not go into business and make profits out of mushroom growing?
A saprophytic fungus, growing in tree stumps in damp moist forests. Plant is formed by multi-celled hyphae extracting nutrients from decaying tree trunis or logged timber. Spores extending from the tree trunk are shaped like human ear, of variable sizes, smooth, dull brown to gray,sticky when moist, leathery when dry.
Auricularia is found throughout the Philippines in damp moist forests. Other than the auricula-judae species, another species reported edible is Auricularia affinis Leville. It’s neutral, and pleasant tasting.
