Favolus tenuiculus
P. Beauv.
ThelephoraceaeMushrooms
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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, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Gabon, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, North America, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Angola, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bahamas, Botswana, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Panama, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, St Vincent, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tropical mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Jech, Jochon pat, Oreja blanca dura, Pancita, Panza de armadillo, Xikin che
Favolus brasiliensis (Fr.) Fr.Polyporus tenuiculus (P. Beauv.) Fr.
References (5)
- Christensen, M., et al, 2008, Collection and Use of Wild Edible Fungi in Nepal. Economic Botany, 62(1), 2008, pp. 12–23
- efta-online.org, Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa, Jardin botanique Meise
- Kamalebo, H. M., et al, 2018, Uses and importance of wild fungi: traditional knowledge from the Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2018) 14:13
- Ruan-Soto, F. et al, 2006, Process and dynamics of traditional selling wild edible mushrooms in tropical Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2:3
- Ruan-Soto, F. et al, 2009, Use and handling of wild fungi in two communities of the Lacandona Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Micologia. 29, 2009
