Cantharellus platyphyllus
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fruiting body 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 platyphyllus: Blunt forked ridges (not true gills), grows singly from soil, apricot/fruity smell, solid flesh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It can be in Miombo woodland.
Africa, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Gabon, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A tropical mushroom in the family Cantharellaceae, found in Miombo woodland.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Cantharellus platyphyllus is a species of fungus in the family Cantharellaceae found in Tanzania. First described in 1966 as a species of Cantharellus, it was transferred to the new genus Afrocantharellus in 2012.
Names & Synonyms
Bwitondwe, Kapofu, Kitondo, Puo' ntuo mengop
References (5)
- Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
- Degreef, J., et al, 1997, Edible Mushrooms of the Zambezian woodland area. A nutritional and ecological approach. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Envir. 1(3): 221-231
- 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 (as var. cyanescens)
- efta-online.org, Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa, Jardin botanique Meise
- Njouonkou, A.L., et al, 2016, Diversity of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms used in the Noun Division of the West Region of Cameroon. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 18(5): 387-396
