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
Xerocomus spinulosus
A wild bolete recorded as locally eaten in Tshopo province, DR Congo, in voucher-backed interviews. No preparation was established and no toxicity assessment is recorded.
Overview
Xerocomus spinulosus is a wild bolete, a mushroom with a sponge-like pore layer under the cap instead of gills. It belongs to the Xerocomus group of ectomycorrhizal fungi. The research record gives the name as a label, not a reconciled accepted name, and it has no common name.
On this page the species appears as a food record from central Africa. It is not presented as an established edible species.
Food use in DR Congo
Voucher-backed interviews in Tshopo province recorded this fungus as locally consumed. Recording a specimen voucher ties the reported use to a collected specimen, which is what makes the record usable for identification. The record does not say which parts were eaten, how the mushroom was cooked, or how it was sold.
The survey is ethnomycological evidence of food use. The research record states that it is not an independent toxicological assessment.
Ecology
The record describes a rainforest fungus that grows in association with trees. The supply is recorded as wild only.
Identification and safety
Boletes are identified by pore colour, flesh reaction and host association, and several look-alikes exist. The sources read here do not give identification features for this species, so this page offers none.
Gather or eat no wild fungus on the strength of a catalogue listing, a description or a photograph. Identification needs a qualified expert, and the sources read here do not establish a safe preparation.
Open questions
The local name, the parts eaten, the preparation, and whether the vouchers match this name under current taxonomy are not established by the record. Specialist identification and local culinary sources would be needed to say more.
Places
Tshopo
Documented use · Region evidenceLocally consumed in voucher-backed interviews in Tshopo province; no locality finer than the province is recorded.
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Sources
PubMed CentralHistory
Ethnomycological survey of wild mushrooms, Tshopo province, DR Congo (supplied research record)Recorded as locally consumed in voucher-backed Tshopo interviews; species-specific preparation not established; not an independent toxicological assessment
Cited in: Overview; Food use in DR Congo; Ecology; Identification and safety; Open questions