Termitomyces magoyensis

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LyophyllaceaeMushrooms

Termitomyces magoyensis

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fungus, Mushroom

The mushroom is edible.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows on termite mounds.

Africa, East Africa, Kenya,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical mushroom in the family Lyophyllaceae that grows on termite mounds.

Notes

Also put in the family Agaricaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Obuoch-oruka

References (1)

Johns, T., and Kokwaro, J.O., 1991, Food Plants of the Luo of Siayo District, Kenya. Economic Botany 45(1), pp 103-113

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