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Marasmius bekolacongoli

Beeli

Marasmiaceae Edible: Mushroom, Fungus 62 iNaturalist observations

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(c) Josip Skejo, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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(c) Josip Skejo, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Description

A tropical mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae.

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Edible Uses

The mushroom fruiting body is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Africa, Zimbabwe,

References (4)

  • Boa, E. R., Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
  • 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
  • Kamalebo, H. M., et al, 2018, Uses and importance of wild fungi: traditional knowledge from the Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2018) 14:13

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