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African edible fungi and ecosystem services

Boekbijdrage - Hoofdstuk

Across tropical Africa hundreds of wild edible fungi are collected for local trade and consumption. In spite of this, fungal habitats (mostly woodland), suffer from increasing anthropogenic pressure. Due to a lack of information, wild edible fungi are still considered far less valuable than African edible fungi, highlighting aspects of sustainable use, local economy, forest conservation, traditional knowledge and its preservation. We show the need for an interdisciplinary approach to value wild edible fungi. The subject is complex because in its qualitative part, all fungal taxa, their habitats and hosts, need to be understood. In its quantitative part, sporocarp productions and factors affecting them need to be recorded in permanent forest plots; which requires time and local stability. To finally also determine whether wild edible fungi should be used for exploitation, the local interest needs to be established with ethnomycological surveys. Based on such an integrated approach conducted in Benin, Burundi and DR Congo, we obtain science evidence that wild edible fungi are a far more valuable resource than generally accepted. Because many wild edible fungi are ectomycorrhizal, sustainable exploitation and forest make or break this link.
Key words: ethnomycology, sustainable use, macrofungi, conservation, NTFP, Africa.
Boek: Book of abstracts - First Symposium in Tropical African Mycology (FISTAM)
Pagina's: 75
Aantal pagina's: 1
ISBN:978-99982-0-141-5
Jaar van publicatie:2019
Toegankelijkheid:Open