Phyllostachys edulis 'Nabeshimana', (Syn.: Phyllostachys heterocycla f.subconvexa, Phyllostachys pubescens 'Subconvexa') Phyllostachys edulis 'Subconvexa' (Syn.: Phyllostachys heterocycla f.Phyllostachys edulis 'Kikko' or 'Kikko-Chiku' (Syn.: Phyllostachys edulis var.

& Kakish.), is a fungus species known from Japan, that grows on the ground on the living or dead roots of the bamboo. The first culm from a seedling will not get much taller than a few inches at most, and may be as thin as 2 mm (0.079 in), but with every new season of culms sent up from developing rhizomes, the grove of plants will grow in height and cane diameter. Mice, field rats and other rodents take notice of the bounty of seed, this results in the loss of many of the seeds, but within a few weeks the surviving few seeds would have germinated (see Predator satiation). The seeds fall from the mature culms in the hundreds of thousands and are quick to germinate. edulis also flowers and produces seed, and it does so every half century or so, but it has a sporadic flowering nature rather than the synchronous blooming seen in some other bamboo species. In mature individuals, the culms in young plants grow taller and wider in diameter as the general plant reaches maturity, but once the individual culm stops growing it will not grow again. The culms grow quickly and reach a height of 90 ft (27 m) or more (depending on the age and health of the plant). This occurs when the plant sends up new culms from underground rhizomes. The most common and well known mode for this plant is asexual reproduction. Phyllostachys edulis spreads using both asexual and sexual reproduction. Moso is less cold-hardy than many phyllostachys, surviving at a reduced height down to 5 degrees Fahrenheit (-15☌). This particular species of bamboo is the most common species used in the bamboo textile industry of China and other countries, for the production of rayon. This bamboo can reach heights of up to 28 m (92 ft). The edulis part of the Latin name refers to its edible shoots.

Phyllostachys edulis, the mōsō bamboo, or tortoise-shell bamboo, or mao zhu ( Chinese: 毛竹 pinyin: máozhú), ( Japanese: モウソウチク), ( Chinese: 孟宗竹) is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan and naturalised elsewhere, including Japan where it is widely distributed from south of Hokkaido to Kagoshima.

Moso bamboo phyllostachys pubescens