Cantharellus splendens
Buyck
Jerry A. Cooper (via Wikimedia Commons)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The fruiting body (mushroom) is edible.
Dangerous Lookalikes
This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.
Jack-O'-Lantern Mushroom: True knife-like gills, grows in clusters on wood/stumps, glows in the dark, orange throughout.
Cantharellus splendens: Blunt forked ridges (not true gills), grows singly from soil, apricot/fruity smell, solid flesh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa,
How to Identify
A rare fungal mushroom in the Cantharellaceae family found in tropical regions.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Cantharellus splendens is a species of fungus in the family Cantharellaceae found in Zambia, Burundi and Tanzania. First described in 1994 as a species of Cantharellus, it was transferred to the new genus Afrocantharellus in 2012.
Other Information
It is rare.
Names & Synonyms
Peri, Peri magufa
References (4)
- Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
- Buyck, B., & Nzigidahera, B., 1995, Ethnomycological Notes from Western Burundi. Belg. Journ. Bot. 128(2): 131-138
- Degreef, J., et al, 2016, Wild edible mushrooms, a valuable resource for food security and rural development in Burundi and Rwanda. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 2016 20(4), 441-452
- efta-online.org, Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa, Jardin botanique Meise
