Ethnomycological prospect of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms from Central and Southern Africa - a review

• Published in: Food frontiers Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 549 - 575
• Main Authors: Bastos, Claudete António André, Castanheira Liberal, Ângela Leonor, Moldão-Martins, Margarida, Catarino, Luís, Barros, Lillian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
• Subjects: Edible and medicinal fungi; Ethnomycology

In several regions of Africa, the daily diet is partly dependent on the edible products from wild animals, plants, and mushrooms, driven by their availability, wide distribution in the local environment, and the low incomes of the general population. The documentation of ethnomycological information...