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Amanita annulatovaginata

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A wild ectomycorrhizal Amanita of the Congo rainforest, recorded as locally consumed in Tshopo province. Its preparation was not established, and the genus includes deadly species.

Illustrative reconstruction of Amanita annulatovaginata based on a historical species-specific watercolor; not an identification aid.

Where it grows

Amanita annulatovaginata is an ectomycorrhizal fungus, growing in association with trees in the rainforest. The Fermentea catalogue records it from Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is harvested from the wild.

A 2020 study of Yangambi and Yoko reports that the rainforests there hold a relatively high number of edible ectomycorrhizal fungi, more than local people use.

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Food use

Voucher-backed ethnomycological interviews in Tshopo recorded the species as locally consumed. The catalogue notes that the species-specific preparation was not established. The 2018 survey of 160 informants across six ethnic communities names other species as the most used for food, and A. annulatovaginata is not among them.

The 2018 survey also reports that local people focus mainly on saprotrophic fungi, not on the ectomycorrhizal species.

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Keys and edibility listings

The EFTA genus page includes A. annulatovaginata Beeli in a key to edible Amanita species in tropical Africa. The key is a field-identification aid, and it does not establish that the species is safe to eat.

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Safety and identification

The genus Amanita includes deadly poisonous species. A record of local consumption, or an entry in a key, does not confirm that a specimen is this species or that it is safe to eat.

Do not collect or eat any Amanita from this page, a photograph or a name. Confirm the species with a local mycologist before any use.

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Places

Tshopo province

Documented use · Region evidence

Voucher-backed interview records from Tshopo province; no village is given.

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