Boletus cavipes
Opat.
Hollow-stemmed boletus
BoletaceaeMushrooms
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fruiting body is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Tanzania,
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 belonging to the family Boletaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Boletinus cavipes (Opat.) Kalchbr.
References (3)
- Mdachi, S. J. et al, 2004, Amino acid composition of some Tanzanian wild mushrooms. Food Chemistry 86: 179-182 (As Boletinus cavipes)
- Pace, G., 1998, Mushrooms of the world. Firefly books. p 199 (As Boletinus cavipes)
- www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au
