Amanita annulatovaginata
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.
Mushrooms
Cantharellus floridulus
Cantharellus floridulus is an ectomycorrhizal rainforest fungus that informants in Tshopo province, DR Congo, eat in voucher-backed interviews. Its preparation is not recorded, and the source gives no toxicity statement.
What it is
Cantharellus floridulus is the name used in the supplied catalogue and in a study of wild edible fungi from Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The catalogue records no common name for it. The study places it among the ectomycorrhizal fungi, which grow in partnership with the roots of forest trees.
The study's voucher for this taxon is ADK5670. Its vouchers were identified from macroscopic and microscopic characters. The catalogue does not validate the name against current taxonomic authorities, so synonyms and the accepted name are not resolved here.
Use in Tshopo
Informants from all six ethnic groups in the study eat Cantharellus floridulus. The frequency of mention for this taxon is 54, with an EMCS score of 0.3, which makes it one of the more widely cited wild fungi in the survey.
The Ngando informants gave the local name solosolo. No other local name is recorded for this taxon.
Preparation
How Cantharellus floridulus is prepared or cooked is not recorded. No preparation method is established here.
Safety and identification
This entry is not an edibility verdict or an identification. Local consumption was recorded in interviews. No toxicity statement is given for this taxon, and the catalogue states that the record is an ethnomycological food-use record, not an independent toxicological assessment.
Common use in one forest region does not show that the fungus is safe to eat elsewhere, or that a lookalike collected by someone else is the same organism. Wild mushrooms must be identified by a qualified expert before any use.
Places
Tshopo province
Documented use · Region evidenceRecorded in interviews with informants from six ethnic groups around the Yangambi and Yoko forest reserves; the paper gives no locality for this voucher.
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Sources
PubMed CentralHistory · Safety
Wild edible ectomycorrhizal fungi: an underutilized food resource from the rainforests of Tshopo province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Voucher ADK5670; ectomycorrhizal; eaten by informants of all six groups; local name solosolo (Ngando); frequency of mention 54; EMCS 0.3; preparation not recorded; no toxicity statement
Cited in: What it is; Use in Tshopo; Preparation; Safety and identification
Europe PMCMethod
Full text of PMC7011311 (Europe PMC)Full text used to read the voucher and informant table for this taxon