Termitomyces microcarpus

Termitomyces microcarpus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. An edible species, it is found in Africa and Asia, where it grows in groups or clusters in deciduous forests near the roots of bamboo stumps associated with termite nests.[3]

Termitomyces microcarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Lyophyllaceae
Genus:
Termitomyces
Species:
T. microcarpus
Binomial name
Termitomyces microcarpus
Synonyms[2]
  • Agaricus microcarpus Berk. & Broome (1871)
  • Entoloma microcarpum (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. (1887)
  • Gymnopus microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) Overeem (1927)
  • Podabrella microcarpa (Berk. & Broome) Singer (1945)
  • Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R.Heim (1941)
  • Termitomyces microcarpus f. santalensis R.Heim (1977)

References
  1. 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 (see p. 128).
  2. "Synonymy: Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R. Heim, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 6 18: 128 (1942)". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  3. Zhishu B, Zheng G, Taihui L (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province (Chinese University Press). New York, New York: Columbia University Press. p. 262. ISBN 962-201-556-5.


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