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Cotylidia aurantiaca

(Pers.) Welden

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Description

A tropical mushroom in the Repetobasidiaceae family that grows in dry evergreen forests, Miombo woodlands, and on termite mounds.

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Edible Uses

The mushroom fruiting body is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry evergreen forest. It can grow in Miombo woodland and on termite mounds.

Where It Grows

Africa, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Guadeloupe, Rwanda, West Indies, Zimbabwe,

Synonyms

Podoscypha aurantiaceae Pat.Thelephora aurantiaca Pers.

References (5)

  • Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
  • Degreef, J., et al, 1997, Edible Mushrooms of the Zambezian woodland area. A nutritional and ecological approach. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Envir. 1(3): 221-231
  • 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