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Lentinus umbrinus

Reichardt

Polyporaceae Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

A tropical mushroom fungus in the family Polyporaceae.

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Edible Uses

The mushroom fruiting body is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Asia, Indonesia, SE Asia, West Papua,

Notes

Also put in the families Agaricaceae and Tricholomataceae.

References (1)

  • Milliken, W., Ethnobotany of the Yali of West Papua. Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh. p 10 (near Baliem)

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