Micropsalliota bambusicola

What it is

Micropsalliota bambusicola is the name used in the supplied catalogue, which also records the older name Agaricus bambusicola as a search alias. The fungus is treated in the Tshopo study as a saprotroph, a fungus that breaks down dead wood and litter rather than forming a partnership with tree roots. The study does not describe its substrate in detail.

The study's voucher for this taxon is ADK5267, and its vouchers were identified from macroscopic and microscopic characters. The catalogue does not validate the name against current taxonomic authorities, so the accepted name and the status of the older name are not resolved here.

Use in Tshopo

Informants from the Lokele, Ngando, Ngelema, Topoke and Turumbu groups eat this fungus. Informants from the Kumu group do not. The frequency of mention is 24, with an EMCS score of 0.2.

The study records no local name for this taxon. The paper lists the species as edible and cites an earlier regional source for that classification, which the catalogue does not restate.

Preparation

How Micropsalliota bambusicola 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, and the paper's classification as edible rests on that record. No toxicity statement or species-specific identification note is given for this taxon. 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.