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Termitomyces le-testui

Termitomyces le-testui is a species of agaric fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was first described scientifically from Africa by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1916, and transferred to the genus Termitomyces by Roger Heim in 1942. The mushroom is edible and used as food.

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Termitomyces le-testui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Genus: Termitomyces
Species:
T. le-testui
Binomial name
Termitomyces le-testui
(Pat.) R.Heim (1942)
Synonyms1
  • Lepiota le-testui Pat. (1916)

Termitomyces le-testui is a species of agaric fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was first described scientifically from Africa by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1916,2 and transferred to the genus Termitomyces by Roger Heim in 1942.3 The mushroom is edible and used as food.4

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References

  1. "Termitomyces le-testui (Pat.) R. Heim :109, 1942". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
  2. Patouillard N. (1916). "Une lepiote africaine des nids de termites (Lepiota Le Testui)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 32: 59–62.
  3. Heim R. (1942). "Nouvelles études descriptives sur les agarics termitophiles d'Afrique tropicale". Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (in French). 18 (6): 107–66.
  4. Boa E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview of Their Use and Importance to People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 140. ISBN 92-5-105157-7.