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Table 1 Number of mycorrhizal edible wild mushroom genera and species reported r in different African countries and the most frequently reported species (details in Additional file 1: Tables S1–S3)

From: Underutilized wild edible fungi and their undervalued ecosystem services in Africa

Class

Family

Number of genera

Number of species

Most frequently reported (number of countries)

Agaricomycetes

Amanitaceae

2

32

Amanita masasiensis (11)

 

Boletaceae

12

23

Afroboletus luteolus (6)

 

Boletinellaceae

1

3

Phlebopus colossus (5)

 

Clavaraceae

1

2

Clavaria albiramea (2)

 

Cortinariaceae

1

1

Mackintoshia persica (2)

 

Entolomataceae

2

2

Na

 

Gomphaceae

2

2

N

 

Gyroporaceae

1

1

Gyroporus castaneus (2)

 

Hericiaceae

1

1

N

 

Hydnaceae

5

48

Cantharellus congolensis (12)

 

Inocybaceae

1

2

N

 

Melanogastraceae

1

1

N

 

Meruliaceae

2

2

N

 

Omphalotaceae

1

2

N

 

Paxillaceae

1

1

N

 

Phallaceae

1

1

N

 

Russulaceae

3

100

Russula celluata (10)

 

Sclerodermataceae

1

1

N

 

Strophariaceae

1

2

N

 

Suillaceae

1

2

Suillus granulatus (6)

Pezizomycetes

Helvellaceae

1

2

N

 

Morchellaceae

2

3

N

 

Pezizaceae

5

6

Tirmania nivea (5)

 

Pyronemataceae

1

2

Picoa juniperi (2)

 

Terfeziaceae

1

5

Terfezia boudieri (6)

 

Tuberaceae

1

2

N

  1. aN indicates that none of the species were reported in more than one country
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