{{Short description|Species of fungus}} {{redirect|Nameko|the video game character|Touch Detective}} {{Speciesbox | image = Pholiota nameko culture.JPG | image_caption = | image_alt = Fruit body of ''Pholiota nameko'' cultivated on wood log | taxon = Pholiota microspora | authority = (Berk.) Sacc. (1887) | synonyms = *''Agaricus microsporus'' <small>Berk. (1850)</small><br/> *''Collybia nameko'' <small>T.Itô (1929)</small> *''Pholiota nameko'' <small>(T.Itô) S.Ito & S.Imai (1933)</small> *''Pholiota glutinosa'' <small>Kawam.(1954)</small> *''Kuehneromyces nameko'' <small>(T.Itô) S.Ito (1959)</small> }}

'''''Pholiota microspora''''', commonly known as '''''Pholiota nameko''''' or simply {{nihongo|'''nameko'''|ナメコ}},<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Neda | first = Hitoshi | date = 2008-02-01 | title = Correct name for "nameko" | journal = Mycoscience | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 88–91 | doi = 10.1007/S10267-007-0391-3 | s2cid = 84770520 }}</ref> is a small, amber-brown mushroom with a slightly gelatinous coating that is used as an ingredient in miso soup and nabemono. In&nbsp;some countries this mushroom is available in kit form and can be grown at home. It is one of Japan's most popular cultivated mushrooms, tastes slightly nutty and is often used in stir-fries. They are also sold dried. Nameko is a cold triggered mushroom that typically fruits in the fall months when the temperature drops below 10°C for the first time, and flushes twice a few weeks apart. [[Image:Nameko soba なめこそば.jpg|thumb|right|A bowl of ''nameko soba'']]

In Mandarin Chinese the mushroom is known as 滑子蘑; (Pinyin: huá zi mó) or 滑菇; (Pinyin: huá gū).

In America the mushroom is sometimes called a "butterscotch mushroom".<ref>[http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-nameko-mushroom.htm What is a Nameko Mushroom?], WiseGEEK.com</ref> <!-- not "Nameko" <gallery> Pholiota microspora-2.jpg|Natural Pholiota microspora． </gallery> -->

==See also== *List of ''Pholiota'' species

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