Is shiitake mushroom grass the same as copper money grass?

Yes, Lentinus edodes is also known as copper money grass. However, there are differences in appearance between shiitake mushroom grass and copper money grass.

The leaves of copper money grass are round or kidney-shaped, with hairs on the back. It also blooms with white petals and yellow corolla. Its flowering period is around April. It can be planted in the open ground or placed in water bodies such as pools.

The leaves of Lentinus edodes are round, shield-shaped and grass-green. It has small white flowers in umbrella-shaped inflorescences. Its flowering period is from June to August. It is suitable to be placed in bodies of water, and can also be placed indoors as a material for greening water bodies, such as aquariums.

So some places believe that Lentinus edodes and Copperwort are not the same plant.

Extended information:

Shiitake mushroom, the scientific name is Chinese coriander. Alias: round coin grass, vein-marking mushroom grass, hairy coriander, hairy mushroom grass, water money, shield-leaf coriander, money lotus, money grass, copper money grass, etc.

Perennial creeping herb. The upright part is 8-37 cm high. Except for the stipules, bracts and flower stalks, which are hairless, the rest are covered with sparse or dense recurved pubescence. The hairs are white or purple, and sometimes there are purple warty hairs on the back of the leaves. The stem nodes are prone to fibrous roots after being planted in the soil.

The leaves are thin, round and kidney-shaped, with dark green surface and light green back, palmate with 5-7 shallow lobes; the lobes are broadly oval or nearly triangular, with irregular sharp serrations or blunt teeth at the base. Heart-shaped; petiole 4-23 cm long; stipules membranous, oval or broad-ovate.

The umbel is solitary on the node, axillary or opposite to the leaves, and the peduncle is usually longer than the petiole; the small umbel has 25-50 flowers, and the petiole is 2-7 mm long; Bracts membranous, ovate-lanceolate.

The flowers are grass green in the bud stage and white after opening; the petals are membranous, with short tips at the top and light yellow to purple-brown gland spots. The fruit is nearly round, heart-shaped or truncate at the base, flattened on both sides, yellow or purple. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to November.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Chinese Coriander