I've been cooking at home with some tasty little mushrooms with fat stems and tiny little heads on them. The flesh is super tender and the taste is awesome. I want to google them and learn more about 'em, but the Thais at the market only know them as 'het oranji', or 'het yipun'. I'm thinking this is a Thai version of a Japanese corruption of the word 'orange', even though that isn't their color. Anyway, I still can't find the name to these that a Westerner can use to learn more. I only found one English website for a restaurant in Thld that also uses 'het orenji' in a scallop recipe. By the picture, that's them alright. But no further information. If anybody knows a Latin name that would be even better to search out all the various ways they're called country by country. Any ideas, all-knowing Bambina ?? If you do, could you also please spell it for me in Thai too ? Thanks in advance!

And....here's a pic of what I've been cooking, in the tradition of Thaigert. The accompaniment was pan roasted cherry tomatoes on wilted pea shoots, and they went with a chili oil grilled pork loin.

It is Eryngii mushroom. (eringii mushroom ) .

And in Thai may spell like เห็ดเออรินจิ (Hed er-rin-gii) เห็ดเออริงจิ(Hed er-ring-gii)

Latin Name: Pleurotus eryngii

Common names: Also known as,

-King Oyster

-Eryngii

-King Trumpet

-Pleorote du Panicaut

-Argonane

-Bouligoule

-Champignon de Garrigue

-Cardoncello

-Cardarello

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_oyster_mushroom

Dang Bambina! You're fast. Thanks. I'm going to read about them right now. These are so great. I forgot to mention that in the pic, I'd stirfried them with oyster sauce, a pinch of sugar, and a dash of see-ew khao. Alloy!

I went to Fuji Restuarant yesterday. In the menu, this mushroom is called er-ring ngii เออริงงิ