Cantharellus microcibarius
Heinem.
CantharellaceaeMushrooms
What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fruiting body is edible.
Dangerous Lookalikes
This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.
VERY TOXIC
Jack-O'-Lantern Mushroom
Omphalotus olearius
SAFE
Cantharellus microcibarius
Cantharellus microcibarius
Jack-O'-Lantern Mushroom: True knife-like gills, grows in clusters on wood/stumps, glows in the dark, orange throughout.
Cantharellus microcibarius: Blunt forked ridges (not true gills), grows singly from soil, apricot/fruity smell, solid flesh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, 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 chanterelle family (Cantharellaceae).
References (1)
- efta-online.org, Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa, Jardin botanique Meise
