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Trogia infundibuliformis

Berk. & Broome

Little pink

Xerulaceae Edible: Mushroom, Fungus 21 iNaturalist observations

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(c) Ana Sofia B. Simões, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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(c) Ana Sofia B. Simões, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Description

A tropical mushroom in the Xerulaceae family.

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Edible Uses

The mushroom fruiting body is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Angola, Asia, Central Africa, Congo DR, Congo R, East Africa, Gabon, Indochina, Malawi, SE Asia, Thailand, Uganda,

References (3)

  • Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
  • 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