Hed huu nuu

[Kanga Japan]

Is there a difference between HED HUU NUU (เห็ดหูหนู) and HED HUU (เห็ดหู)?

HED HUU NUU is commonly called Jelly Ear Fungus, Jew's Ear Fungus, Mouse Fungus, Tree Ear Fungus, Wood Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula Judae)

Thanks for your help.

[vtapspft]

Hello ,

I'm Thai .

I think Hed Huunu and Hed huu is same .

[Kanga Japan]

Dear vtapspft,

Thank you for your reply. I thought that they may be the same, but was wondering about the reason for the NUU on the end.

[vtapspft]

Hi,

Nuu in thailand is Rat (ラット)

Hed is Fungus

Huu is ear (耳)

Nuu is Rat (ラット)

This Fungus is same rat ear thai peaple is call HED HUU NU or HED HUU

[Kanga Japan]

Dear vtapspft,

Thank you for those meanings. Actually, I already knew them, so I was wondering if, because it had NUU at the end of it, it could possibly be a smaller version (because mice are small). Just an idea.

[Kanga Japan]

This topic was previously discussed, but could anyone further confirm whether HET HU and HET HU NU are the same, or is HET HU NU possibly a smaller type?

Thanks for your help.

[AyG]

Not different types - just a shortened version of the name.

You may already have them, but เห็ดหูลัวะ (HET HU LUA*) and เห็ดหูแมว (HET HU MAEW - Cat's ear fungus) are synonyms for this mushroom. Source: http://library.cmu.ac.th/ntic/lannafood/detail_ingredient.php?id_ingredient=372

Occasionally you'll see เห็ดหูลิง (HET HU LING - monkey ear fungus), but this, I believe, is a mistake. Should be เห็ดหัวลิง (HET HUA LING - monkey head fungus). Totally different species.

And finally there's เห็ดหูนู๋ (HET HU NU) - but that's the name of a football club.

* Best to get a native speaker to confirm the pronunciation of this. It's a very odd spelling.

[Kanga Japan]

Dear AyG,

Thank you for that confirmation and also the additional words.

I will try and have the pronunciation of HET HU LUA checked.

You are correct regarding HET HUA LING. เห็ดหัวลิง is correct. It is known as Monkey Head Mushroom, Lion's Mane Mushroom or Bearded Tooth Mushroom and 'yamabushi take' 山伏茸 (mountain priest mushroom) in Japanese. Quite a weird looking mushroom. The scientific name is Hericium erinaceus

I did not have these additional words in my list.

Much appreciated.

[Ohng]

I only know it as เห็ดหูหนู and never heard just only "เห็ดหู"

[Kanga Japan]

Dear Ohng,

Thank you for your comments.

I wonder if anyone else has heard of HET HU (shortened version of HET HU NU). I guess that they shorten it for convenience sake.

[AyG]

Unfortunately, neither of the Thai corpuses (corpi?) contained the expression. However, it definitely exists, but isn't common. Google searching reveals:

"ข้าวผัดเห็ดหูค่ะ" - fried rice with ear mushrooms, kha.

"เห็ดที่กินได้ เช่น เห็ดหูนาดำ เห็ดหูนาขาว" - mushrooms that we can eat, for example, ear mushrooms in nursery field, ear mushrooms in white rice field*.

"ผัดกระหล่ําปลีเห็ดหู" - fried cabbage with ear mushroom. (The word for cabbage is misspelled.)

"เชื้อไว้ในอาหาร PDA เช่นเห็ดตีนแรด เห็ดหู." - ... for example, transplanted ear fungus, ear fungus.

*I presume that white rice field refers to where the mushrooms are planted after the nursery stage.

[Mole]

เห็ดหู is probably only used when it's clear by context exactly what kind of mushroom it is.

Since there are also other mushrooms called เห็ดหูsomething, you should just disregard เห็ดหู and write the names in full เห็ดหูหนู. Personally I have ever only used เห็ดหูหนู.

Searches for only เห็ดหู turns out many posts which in themselves are full of spelling errors, so I would question the author's abilities on this one.

[Kanga Japan]

Dear AyG and Mole,

AyG. Thank you for those examples and translations. It seems that it used occasionally,

Mole. Thank you. I may leave it out to avoid confusion.

At least now I have a bit more understanding of this term.

[phuketsub]

Another informative and highly civil thread; I also have only ever heard of it as เห็ดหูหนู, and I live in the far south where they tend to do a lot of word chopping.

I think many of these tasty mushrooms could use some 'rebranding' in English though; 'ear fungus' doesn't sound very appetizing whether it be from a rat, monkey or whatever.

[Kanga Japan]

Dear phuketsub,

Thanks for the additional confirmation. Always appreciated.

When I read your post at first, I thought you said 'wood chopping'.

[Mole]

I think the name suits the mushroom perfectly because that's exactly what it looks like.

Lot's of English names of things which also sound strange and quirky. (I'm too lazy to think of any at the moment.)