Podabrella microcarpa

(Berk. & Broome) Singer

PluteaceaeMushrooms

Podabrella microcarpa

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Podabrella microcarpa

iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Mahathi Narayanaswamy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Podabrella microcarpa

iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Mahathi Narayanaswamy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus

The mushroom fruiting body is edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Asia, India, Uganda,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical mushroom in the family Pluteaceae, fruiting as a fungal body.

Names & Synonyms

Termitocytes microcarpus

References (2)

Boa, E. R., Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
Engola, A. P. O., et al, 2007, Ecology of Edible Indigenous Mushrooms of the Lake Victoria Basin (Uganda). Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2(1): 62-68

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