Lentinus conchatus
Mont.
PolyporaceaeMushrooms
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fruiting body is consumed as food.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Mexico, North America, Peru, South America,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A tropical fungus in the family Polyporaceae, producing edible mushroom fruiting bodies.
Notes
Also put in the families Agaricaceae and Tricholomataceae. Lentinus conchatus Mont. is a valid name and Lentinus conchatus (Bul.) Schr. is a synonym
References (1)
- Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
