Tuber oligospermum

(Tul. & C. Tul.) Trappe

EutuberaceaeMushrooms

Tuber oligospermum

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Tuber oligospermum

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(c) Javier Marcos Martínez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus

The mushroom fruiting body is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a Mediterranean plant.

Africa, Mediterranean, Morocco, North Africa,

Countries: Albania, Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Comoros, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A fungal mushroom in the family Eutuberaceae found in Mediterranean regions.

References (1)

Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17

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