Cacao pulp
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Mushrooms
Lactifluus longipes
Lactifluus longipes is an African milkcap mushroom recorded in Cameroon, the DR Congo, Gabon and Togo. It is listed in an institutional inventory of edible species. Its identity, preparation and current safety are not settled by the sources.
What the mushroom is
Lactifluus longipes is a milkcap, a mushroom of the genus Lactifluus in the Russulaceae. It is an ectomycorrhizal fungus, growing in partnership with the roots of trees, and the catalogue records it in rainforest and riparian forest.
The species was first described as Lactarius longipes by Verbeken. It was later moved to Lactifluus under the authority of Verbeken, and the name is recorded that way in the EFTA database. The catalogue treats the name as a research label, so the current accepted name should be confirmed before the record is relied on.
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Where it is recorded
The EFTA database, which inventories the edible fungi of tropical Africa, lists records of Lactifluus longipes in Cameroon, the DR Congo, Gabon and Togo. These are country-level records. The sources reviewed here do not give localities, so the species is not placed more precisely than the country.
Because the species is recorded in several countries of the Congo basin and the Gulf of Guinea coast, the record suggests a range across the rainforest belt of central and western Africa. The sources do not show how common it is in any of these countries.
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Food-use status
The catalogue records the species in an institutional inventory of edible species. That inventory is the only food-use record that this page relies on. It does not describe a market, a traditional preparation or a recipe for the species.
The catalogue states that preparation, identity and current safety need separate validation. Until that work is done, the record supports the statement that the species is listed as edible in one inventory, and nothing more. No quantities, cooking times or storage advice are given here.
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Identification and safety
Milkcaps are often told apart by their latex and gills, and several species in the genus are recorded as edible in different places. An inventory entry does not confirm that a particular specimen is this species, or that it is safe to eat.
Confirm any identification with an experienced local forager or a mycologist before eating a wild fungus. This page does not give an identification or an edibility verdict for Lactifluus longipes.
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Places
Cameroon
Documented use · Country evidenceRecorded in the EFTA database of edible tropical African fungi. The record names the country but gives no locality.
DR Congo
Documented use · Country evidenceCountry-level record from the EFTA database. No locality is given.
Gabon
Documented use · Country evidenceCountry-level record from the EFTA database. No locality is given.
Togo
Documented use · Country evidenceCountry-level record from the EFTA database. No locality is given.
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EFTA (Edible Fungi of Tropical Africa)Food use · Distribution · Taxonomy
Lactifluus longipes, EFTA edible fungi of tropical AfricaRecorded in Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon and Togo.
Ectomycorrhizal in rainforest and riparian forest.
Listed in an institutional edible-species inventory; preparation, identity and current safety need separate validation.
Name given as Lactifluus longipes (Verbeken) Verbeken, earlier Lactarius longipes.
Cited in: What the mushroom is; Where it is recorded; Food-use status; Identification and safety