Shiitake are local to Japan, China and Korea and have been developed in every one of the three nations since ancient times. In Japan, the most established record in regards to the shiitake mushroom dates to AD 199 at the time of Emperor Chūai. The principal composed record of shiitake development could be followed to Wu Sang Kwuang in China, conceived amid the Song Dynasty. Amid the Ming Dynasty, doctor Wu Juei composed that the mushroom could be utilized as a sustenance and as a therapeutic mushroom: taken as a solution for upper respiratory illnesses, poor blood course, liver inconvenience, fatigue and shortcoming, and to help qi or life vitality. It was additionally accepted to counteract untimely maturing.
The Japanese developed the mushroom by cutting shii trees with tomahawks and putting the logs by trees that were at that point developing shiitake or contained shiitake spores. Before 1982, the Japanese mixture of these mushrooms could just be developed in conventional areas utilizing old techniques. In 1982, Gary F. Leatham distributed a scholarly paper focused around his examination on the maturing and development of the Japan Islands mixed bag; the work helped make business development conceivable in the United States. In 1974, aggregate creation was assessed at around 143 000 tons, with Japan speaking to 94.5% of the aggregate, China 4.2%, Taiwan 1.1%, and South Korea 0.2%. In 1997 China's shiitake generation had climbed from 4.2% to 85.1%.