香菇，又称香蕈、冬菇，是一种生长在木材上的真菌类。由于它味道鲜美，香气沁人，营养丰富，不但位列草菇、平菇、白蘑菇之上，而且素有“植物皇后”之誉。香菇是世界第二大食用菌，也是我国特产之一，在民间素有“山珍”之称。
      
    西峡香菇，河南省西峡县特产，中国国家地理标志产品。西峡香菇品质优，味道好，花菇率高，深受消费者欢迎，远销广州、深圳、福建、浙江、日本、韩国、新加坡、台湾、香港等地。西峡香菇主要分布在西峡县丹水镇、田关乡、阳城乡、回车镇、五里桥镇、丁河镇、重阳乡、西坪镇、寨根乡、桑坪镇、石界河乡、米坪镇、军马河乡、双龙镇、二狼坪乡等15个乡镇。



    
    Shiitake, also called Champignon and Dried Mushroom, grows on woods and belongs to fungi. Thanks to its delicious flavor, fragrant smell and plentiful nutrition, it sets higher than straw mushroom, oyster mushroom and white mushroom and enjoys a praise of the Queen of Plant for a long time. Shiitake is the second biggest edible mushroom as well as a specialty in China which has a praise of Mountain Treasure in folk.
      
    Xixia shiitake is a specialty in Xixia County and is a Chinese geographic indication product. It's popular with common people and sells very well in Guangzhou, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and many other places for its high quality, good taste and high flower mushroom rate. Xixia shiitakes are mainly cultivated in 15 villages and towns in Xixia County.