Brazilian honeycomb polypore

What it is

Brazilian honeycomb polypore is the common name the catalogue gives to Favolus brasiliensis, a bracket-forming wood fungus of the Polyporaceae. Its common name refers to the honeycomb-like pores on the underside of the fruiting body.

The catalogue records the scientific name as a research label and does not validate the current accepted name, so a collection named this way should be checked against current taxonomy.

Where it is eaten

The catalogue places the food-use record in Brazil and Guyana and describes the fungus as growing on wood in tropical forests. The SciELO study describes it as an indigenous food and reports that the Yanomami collect and eat it. The study's mushrooms came from the Cerrado in Goias, not the Amazon, so its nutritional figures describe those specimens and should not be applied to every population.

The sources do not give the preparation or the seasons in which the fungus is eaten.

Nutrition and use potential

The SciELO study reports an average of about 27% crude protein in the specimens it analysed and judged the species usable in human food. This is a laboratory figure for one set of specimens, not a general claim about the fungus.

Safety

The catalogue states that documented occurrence and consumption do not establish a standardized food-safety assessment. No preparation is validated here, and the sources read for this page do not establish a safe method of preparation or an edibility verdict for every collection.

Notes and gaps

Full texts of the Guyana and Brazil records were not read for this page, and the supplied source list gives no local names beyond the common name. Those points are open rather than filled.