Agaricus kivuensis

Heinem. & Gooss.-Font.

AgaricaceaeMushrooms

Agaricus kivuensis

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Agaricus kivuensis

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Agaricus kivuensis

gbif · cc-by
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus

The mushroom fungus is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR,

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 tropical mushroom in the Agaricaceae family.

References (3)

Heinemann (1956), Fl. Icon. Champ. Congo 5: 113, pl. 18, fig. 7.
Mycobank
Zhao, R., et al, 2011, Major clades in tropical Agaricus. Fungal Diversity

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