He waiwai ʻo Maitake i nā minerala (e like me ka potassium, calcium, a me ka magnesium), nā huaora like ʻole (B2, D2 a me ka niacin), nā fibers a me nā waikawa amino. Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi mea ikaika ma Maitake no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana immune ma ka hopena o 1980s ma ke ʻano he pūhui beta-glucan paʻa i ka protein.

ʻO ka sclerotia kahi i puka mai ai ka moa o ka ululāʻau ua hoʻohana ʻia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna Kina a me Iapana e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ʻōnaehana pale. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā mea noiʻi he hiki i ka maitake holoʻokoʻa ke hoʻoponopono i ke kahe koko, glucose, insulin, a me nā lipid serum a me nā ate, e like me ka cholesterol, triglycerides, a me phospholipids, a he mea pono paha no ka pohō kaumaha.

E like me ka sulfur shelf mushroom, ʻo G. frondosa he haʻiʻo mau loa e ulu pinepine ma kahi hoʻokahi no nā makahiki he nui. Loaʻa ia ma nā ʻāpana ʻākau hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ua ʻike ʻia a hiki i ke komohana ʻo Idaho.

Ke ulu nei ʻo G. frondosa mai kahi ʻano ʻuala ma lalo o ka honua i ʻike ʻia he sclerotium, e like me ka nui o ka ʻuala. ʻO ke kino hua, e ulu ana a hiki i ka 100 knm ka nui, he pūʻulu i loaʻa i nā pāpale hina-ʻeleʻele he nui i ʻōwili pinepine ʻia a ʻano puna paha, me nā ʻaoʻao wavy a 2-7 cm ākea. Aia ka ʻili o lalo o kēlā me kēia pāpale ma kahi o hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pores i kēlā me kēia millimeter, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hohonu o nā paipu ma mua o 3 mm. He lālā lālā ko ka stipe keʻokeʻo waiu-keʻokeʻo a paʻakikī i ka wā e oʻo ai ka halo.

Ma Iapana, hiki i ka Maitake ke ulu a oi ma mua o 50 paona (20 kilokani), a loaʻa i kēia ʻano haohao nui ke poʻo inoa "King of Mushrooms." ʻO Maitake kekahi o nā haloʻai nui i hoʻohana ʻia ma Iapana, ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he shiitake, shimeji a me enoki. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole, ʻo ia ka mea nui i ka nabemono a i ʻole i kuke ʻia i loko o ka foil me ka pata.