Neofavolus subpurpurascens

Overview

Neofavolus subpurpurascens is a polypore on wood, known in English as the honeycomb polypore. It has a deep purplish surface on the cap and radially elongated pores. A 2019 Phytotaxa paper by Palacio, Silveira and Robledo moved the species from Polyporus to Neofavolus and reported Neotropical specimens from Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.

Brazilian records

A 2020 Hoehnea paper reports the species from restored areas in the State of São Paulo. That is a fungal-community record, not a food report.

The catalogue lists the species as a recent Brazilian ethnomycological food record, with the habitat given as wood in Atlantic rainforest. The article the catalogue cites could not be opened in this session, so the number of records, the local preparation and the context of use are not described here.

Food use and safety

The catalogue's own caution is that documented occurrence and consumption do not establish a standardized food-safety assessment. Its food-use claim rests on the supplied study and nothing else in this record.

A related genus, Favolus, is recorded as a wild edible mushroom for several traditional communities. That statement concerns Favolus and does not transfer to Neofavolus subpurpurascens.