ETHNOMYCOLOGICAL STUDIES ON WILD MUSHROOMS IN CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICA

Abstract

"Mushrooms play important social, economic, and ecological roles in Cameroon. Severalspecies, belonging to the genera Agaricus, Volvariella, Ganoderma, Flammulina,Auricularia, Pleurotus, and Termitomyces, were found to be used as food or in traditionalmedicine by the indigenous people."