Termitomyces medius
Heim & Grasse
LyophyllaceaeMushrooms
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fruiting body is eaten.
Where to Find It
It grows on termite mounds.
Africa, Benin, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Togo, West Africa, Zambia,
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 fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae (also classified in Agaricaceae) that grows on termite mounds.
Notes
Also put in the family Agaricaceae.
References (4)
- Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
- efta-online.org, Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa, Jardin botanique Meise
- Pegler, D. N. & Piearce, G. D., 1980, The Edible Mushrooms of Zambia. Kew Bulletin. 35(3): 475-491
- Yorou, S. N., et al, 2001, Diversite et productivite des champignons comestible de la foret classee de War-Maro (Benin, Afrique de l'Ouest. Syst. Geogr. 71: 613-625
