Lanmaoa asiatica

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Lanmaoa asiatica is a species of bolete mushroom in the family Boletaceae that is native to southwest China{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/yunnan-cuisine-beijing-restaurant-mushrooms-yellen-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Mushroom diplomacy: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sets off culinary craze in China|first=Maggie|last=Wong|date=July 15, 2023|website=CNN}} and adjacent regions. It is reddish in color{{Cite web|url=https://mycocosm.jgi.doe.gov/Lanmao1/Lanmao1.home.html|title=Home - Lanmaoa asiatica v1.0|website=mycocosm.jgi.doe.gov}} and it is an ectomycorrhizal symbiote of the Yunnan Pine, Pinus yunnanensis.

It is considered a choice wild edible in Yunnan Province and may have hallucinogenic compounds which may or may not be removable by cooking. It is unclear what compounds exist in the fungi that could cause such hallucinations, but if they exist, they are likely to be different from those in psilocybin mushrooms.https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2022.010

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