Termitomyces umkowaan

Termitomyces umkowaan is a species of agaric fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. Found in South Africa, it was described as new to science in 1889 by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George Edward Massee from collections made in Durban. Cooke noted that was "called Umkowaan by the natives, and is delicious when cooked, much superior to the common mushroom." [2] Derek Reid transferred the fungus to the genus Termitomyces in 1975.[3]

Termitomyces umkowaan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Lyophyllaceae
Genus:
Termitomyces
Species:
T. umkowaan
Binomial name
Termitomyces umkowaan
(Cooke & Massee) D.A.Reid (1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus umkowaan Cooke & Massee [as 'umkowaani'] (1889)
  • Schulzeria umkowaan (Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1891)

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Termitomyces umkowaan (Cooke & Massee) D.A. Reid". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  2. Cooke MC. (1889). "Three Natal fungi". Grevillea. 17 (83): 70.
  3. Reid DA. (1975). Type studies of the larger Basidiomycetes described from South Africa. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium. 7. p. 118.


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