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Wood Ear Mushroom: The Crunchy Cap in Yam Woon Sen
Wood Ear Mushroom · เห็ดหูหนู · Auricularia auricula-judae
Wood Ear Mushroom — เห็ดหูหนู (het-hoo-noo) — Auricularia auricula-judae.
Dried, it looks like a shriveled black chip, but drop it in water and it swells into a floppy, ear-shaped cap with a bite that snaps crisp then goes soft. Thai cooks shred it into yam het hu nu, the spicy wood-ear salad, and into glass-noodle yam woon sen for that crunch. It's one of the most fiber-rich mushrooms around, with iron, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. The part on your plate is the whole rehydrated cap.
Wood ear is all about texture — a dried black chip that swells into a floppy, crunchy cap, slipped into soups and stir-fries. Lab and rat studies found that concentrated wood-ear extracts affected platelet clumping, but the eaten mushroom has not been tested for that effect in people. If you take blood thinners or aspirin and eat it often, mention it to your doctor.
Yam Het Hu Nu — ยำเห็ดหูหนู (yam-het-hoo-noo)
Yam Woon Sen — ยำวุ้นเส้น (yam-woon-sen)
Source: Nutrients 2019;11(12):3040, in vitro anti-platelet screening of edible mushrooms (PMID 31842490, DOI:10.3390/nu11123040). Anticoagulant polysaccharide, antithrombin mechanism and reduced platelet aggregation in rats: Thrombosis Research 2003;112(3):151-158 (PMID 14967412, DOI:10.1016/j.thromres.2003.10.022). Composition: Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 2015;3(8):474-480.
Educational content, not medical advice! Consult your doctor before changing diet or medication.
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Food and nutrients
Rich in: fiber, iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium
Research context
In lab and rat tests, wood ear extract may slow platelet clumping; the eaten mushroom's benefit is untested in people — Nutrients, 2019