PURPOSE: To prepare an edible fermented matter having fragrance like Amazake (a sweet drink made from fermented rice), by using the edible matter as a culture medium, inoculating a white rot into it and cultivating the white rot.

CONSTITUTION: An edible matter such as vegetables, grain, meat, dried noodles, bread, bean-curd refuse, is optionally mixed with water to give a culture medium, into which a white rot such as Eflvingia appalanata, Ganoderma lucidum, Lentinus edoes, Pleurotus ostreatus, Fomes fomentarius, Coriolus hirsutus, Auriculariales polytricha, Trametes sanguinea, etc. is inoculated, and it is cultivated, to give an edible fermented matter having fragrance like Amazake.