Edible mushrooms of Tanzania

Availability, Preference, and Consumption of Indigenous Forest Foods in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

“…The level of knowledge on the categories may also influence preference and consumption levels-the higher the knowledge the higher the level of extraction and use of a particular category. For instance, the consumption of mushrooms in the plateau of the Miombo woodlands and Southern Tanzania is higher compared to the mountainous areas, including the Eastern Arc Mountains, because the knowledge on the use of this food category is well established in the former (Härkönen, Saaramaki, and Mwasumbi 1995;Missano et al 1994;Kilonzo 2009). Furthermore, a large number of mushroom species in the mountainous areas are reported to be toxic and, therefore, inedible.…”

A Comparative Study of Antioxidant Activities between Fresh and Dry Mushrooms in the Genera <i>Cantharellus</i> and <i>Afrocantharellus</i> from Tanzania

“…The collected mushrooms were identified using colored field guidebooks and monographs [22,23,[33][34][35] and internet facility. Following fresh observation, some of the mushrooms were immediately frozen in deep freezer until further analysis while some were sun dried and deposited at the (DSM) University of Dar es Salaam herbarium and some duplicated at the Uppsala university herbarium (UPS).…”

“…Tanzania is endowed with high diversified types of natural vegetations on different topology ranging from hilly mountains to low land grass, flat land and valleys which provide a highest diversity of indigenous wild mushrooms [22][23][24][25][26][27]. In the country, wild mushroom eating habit is more in rural areas and relies exclusively on collection from the wild, eating them fresh or sun-drying them for long preservation.…”

Systematics of Nepalese Termitomyces

“…Similarly micro-morphological characters also provide crucial information for species descriptions (Harkonen et al, 1995;Bother and Eicker, 1991). Basidia size varies among the species (15-20 × 5-7 µm of T. microcarpus f. santalensis) to 26.5-28.5 × 7-9 µm of T. schimperi).…”

“…This character is very useful for narrowing the identification of the taxon. This also help in narrowing the wide-range of comparisons in the field guide and more systematically important, for making identification work easier (Heim, 1977;Harkonen et al, 1995Harkonen et al, , 2003.…”