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Scientific name: Lyophyllum decastes.

Alternative names: Lotus Leaf Mushroom, Roadside Mushroom, and Railway Mushroom. In southern my country, it is also known as Cold Fragrant Mushroom or North Wind Mushroom. The cap of this mushroom resembles a light gray-blue deer antler, and its commercial name is Deer Antler Mushroom.

Classification: Agaricales, Leucocepaceae, Lyophyllum genus.

Ecological Distribution: Deer Antler Mushroom is a weakly wood-decomposing fungus. It typically grows in parks, around homes, and along farmlands in spring. When collected, it is often found growing on broken branches in the forest floor's humus layer. Deer Antler Mushroom is a new factory-cultivated variety developed in the past decade. It can be sold fresh or dried, and is one of the main varieties of factory-cultivated edible and medicinal mushrooms.

Morphological Characteristics: Deer Antler Mushroom is delicious. The fruiting body typically grows in clusters or upright clumps. The cap is flattened and hemispherical, thin, with a slight depression in the middle. The edges of the cap curl inward during early growth, then expand outward in later stages, forming wavy, petal-like formations. The flesh is slightly thicker in the middle and creamy white, with white gills that grow vertically or horizontally. The dense, unequally long spores are colorless and smooth. Its color resembles the fine, velvety hairs of deer antlers, hence the name "antler mushroom." Cultivated mushrooms often appear bluish-gray, with a cylindrical, elastic stipe that is white to pale, and a gray to brown base.