Melanoleuca evenosa

(Sacc.) Konrad

TricholomataceaeMushrooms

Melanoleuca evenosa

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

Melanoleuca evenosa

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

Melanoleuca evenosa

iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Warren Cardimona, 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 subtropical plant.

Africa, Algeria, Mexico, North Africa, North America,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Angola, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bahamas, Botswana, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, St Vincent, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A fungal mushroom in the Tricholomataceae family, found in subtropical regions. The fruiting body is the edible portion.

Names & Synonyms

Melanoleuca cnista (Fr.) KuhnerTricoloma cnista

References (2)

Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
Pace, G., 1998, Mushrooms of the world. Firefly books. p 106 (As Melanoleuca cnista)

More from Tricholomataceae