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
Marasmius confertus
Marasmius confertus is a saprotrophic agaric recorded as a food mushroom in the Tshopo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Preparation and identity are not established in the sources.
Overview
Marasmius confertus is a small agaric of the family Marasmiaceae that grows as a saprotroph, feeding on dead wood and forest litter. It is recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Tshopo province, where it is listed with a food-use status in a study of wild edible fungi from the Yangambi and Yoko reserves.
Food use and documentation
The 2020 Tshopo survey by Kamalebo and De Kesel marks the species as food and as a saprotroph. A 2018 traditional-knowledge survey by the same research group from the same province also records locally consumed wild fungi; within it, the most appreciated edible species were largely saprotrophs, many in the Marasmiaceae. The sources record that the species is eaten locally. They do not record a species-specific preparation, cooking method or the part of the fruiting body used.
Ecology and supply
The catalogue describes the species as a forest saprotroph and as a wild-collected food. No host, season or abundance data are recorded.
Safety and identification
No toxicological assessment of Marasmius confertus is available in the sources reviewed. The food-use record comes from ethnomycological interviews and species lists; it is not an independent edibility test. Wild collection needs identification by a qualified mycologist, and other species in the genus should not be assumed to share this record.
Places
Tshopo
Documented use · Region evidenceFood-use record from the Tshopo rainforest reserves; the source does not place the species more precisely.
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Sources
PubMed CentralIngredient · Food use · Safety
Wild edible ectomycorrhizal fungi: an underutilized food resource from the rainforests of Tshopo province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Marasmius confertus is marked Food and Sapr in the Tshopo edible-fungi table.
Preparation was not established in the sources.
Cited in: Overview; Food use and documentation; Ecology and supply; Safety and identification