English: Tuckahoe, hoelen, fuling.
Name: Pachyma hoelen.
Chinese: Tuckahoe; Fu-ling; Hoelen; Poria; China root; Matsuhodo.
Synonym:
Wolfiporia extensa;
Wolfiporia cocos; Pachyma hoelen.
Content: pachymic acid; protein bound polysachharides, ergosterol, fungisterol, eburicoic acid, choline, phospholipids, resin, water soluble sugars, caprylic acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid.
Use: medicinal in Chinese medicine.
MycologyWood-decay fungus; subterranean growth; large, long-lasting underground sclerotium resembling a small coconut.