Lentinus retinervis

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PolyporaceaeMushrooms
Lentinus retinervis
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Lentinus retinervis
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(c) Kurt Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Rwanda,

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

How to Identify

A mushroom in the Polyporaceae family found in tropical regions.

References (2)
  • 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
  • efta-online.org, Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa, Jardin botanique Meise

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