Table 2 Number of termitophilic and saprobic 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
Category and class | Family | Number of genera | Number of species | Most frequently reported (number of countries) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Termitophilic | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Agaricomycetes | Lyophyllaceae | 1 | 28 | Termitomyces striatus (18) |
Saprobic | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Agaricomycetes | Agaricaceae | 11 | 43 | Macrolepiota procera (10) |
| Â | Auriculariaceae | 1 | 6 | Auricularia auricula-judae (9) |
|  | Bondarzewiaceae | 1 | 1 | N†|
| Â | Callistosporiaceae | 1 | 2 | Macrocybe lobayensis (4) |
| Â | Coprinaceae | 1 | 8 | Coprinus africanus (3) |
| Â | Dacrymycetaceae | 1 | 1 | Dacryopinax spathularia (3) |
| Â | Fomitopsidaceae | 2 | 2 | Laetiporus sulphureus (2) |
| Â | Hygrophoraceae | 2 | 2 | N |
| Â | Hygrophoropsidaceae | 1 | 2 | N |
| Â | Hymenochaetaceae | 1 | 1 | N |
| Â | Hymenogastraceae | 1 | 2 | N |
| Â | Hypoxylaceae | 1 | 1 | Daldinia concentric (6) |
| Â | Lycoperdaceae | 1 | 2 | Calvatia cyathiformis (6) |
| Â | Marasmiaceae | 6 | 15 | Marasmius becolacongoli (5) |
| Â | Mycenaceae | 1 | 3 | N |
| Â | Octavianiaceae | 1 | 1 | Octaviania ivoryana (3) |
| Â | Omphalotaceae | 3 | 4 | Marasmiellus inoderma (3) |
| Â | Paxillaceae | 1 | 1 | Paxillus brunneotomentosus (2) |
| Â | Physalacriaceae | 5 | 12 | Armillaria mellea (4) |
| Â | Pleurotaceae | 1 | 8 | Pleurotus djamor (4) |
| Â | Pluteaceae | 3 | 12 | Volvariella volvacea (12) |
| Â | Polyporaceae | 9 | 28 | Lentinus tuber-regium (11) |
| Â | Psathyrellaceae | 1 | 13 | Psathyrella atroumbonata (4) |
| Â | Rickenellaceae | 1 | 1 | Cotylidia aurantiaca (3) |
| Â | Sarcoscyphaceae | 2 | 6 | Cookeina tricholoma (2) |
| Â | Schizophyllaceae | 1 | 1 | Schizophyllum commune (13) |
| Â | Sparassidaceae | 1 | 1 | N |
| Â | Stereaceae | 1 | 1 | N |
| Â | Strophariaceae | 4 | 6 | Hypholoma subviride (3) |
| Â | Tapinellaceae | 1 | 1 | N |
| Â | Tricholomataceae | 3 | 11 | Collybia aurea (3) |
 Tremellomycetes | Tremellaceae | 1 | 3 | Tremella fuciformis (4) |
 Sordariomycetes | Xylariaceae | 2 | 2 | N |