Termitomyces le-testui
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Lyophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Termitomyces |
| Species: | T. le-testui
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| Termitomyces le-testui | |
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Termitomyces le-testui is a species of agaric fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was first described scientifically from Africa by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1916,[2] and transferred to the genus Termitomyces by Roger Heim in 1942.[3] The mushroom is edible and used as food.[4]
References
- ^ "Termitomyces le-testui (Pat.) R. Heim :109, 1942". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ Patouillard N. (1916). "Une lepiote africaine des nids de termites (Lepiota Le Testui)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 32: 59–62.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Boa E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview of Their Use and Importance to People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 140. ISBN 92-5-105157-7.