Lentinus araucariae
Har. & Pat.
Polyporaceae Edible: Mushroom, Fungus
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Description
Lentinus araucariae is a tropical mushroom in the family Polyporaceae, also classified in Agaricaceae and Tricholomataceae.
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Edible Uses
The mushroom fungus is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia, West Papua,
Notes
Also put in the families Agaricaceae and Tricholomataceae.
Also Known As
Aelgit, Gilprat
References (3)
- Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
- Milliken, W., Ethnobotany of the Yali of West Papua. Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh. p 10 (near Baliem)
- Sillitoe, P. 1995, An Ethnobotanical Account of the Plant Resources of the Wola Region, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. J. Ethnobiol. 15(2): 201-235
