Termitomyces le-testui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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]

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.


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