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The mushrooms consumed in and around the urban area of Lubumbashi/Upper Katanga (DR Congo)

Boekbijdrage - Hoofdstuk

The study on the ethnomycological knowledge of local populations in Upper-Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo was carried out in order to develop a list of the mushroom species consumed: their local names and their meaning. This study contributes to the valorization of edible mushrooms produced in the open Miombo woodland of Upper-Katanga. A survey was conducted among the peoples (Bemba, Lamba and Tabwa) in three villages (Baya, Mususwa and Tumbwe) in the Lubumbashi around-urban area. Structured and semi-structured surveys were conducted with 101 people distributed as follows: 41 people from the Lamba ethnic group, 30 people from the Bemba ethnic group and 30 people from the Tabwa ethnic group. A simple and brief questionnaire developed by De Kesel et al. (2002) was used for this purpose. The edibility of mushrooms and individual factors, such as: age, sex and ethnic group of the respondents, were taken into account. The results obtained reveal 112 local names relating to 36 species of mushrooms consumed, all ethnic groups combined. Two ethnic groups (Bemba and Lamba) each consume 35 species of mushrooms related to 24 local names. In addition, the Tabwa ethnic group consumes 34 species with 15 local names. The local names assigned to mushrooms have a meaning. Species considered toxic have no local names and are referred to by a collective name that refers to toxicity or simply means ''lethal''.
Key words: Ethnomycology, Wild Edible Fungi, Non-timber forest products (NTFPs), Miombo Woodland, Zambesian Region, Upper-Katanga.
Boek: Book of abstracts - First Symposium in Tropical African Mycology (FISTAM)
Pagina's: 79
Aantal pagina's: 1
ISBN:978-99982-0-141-5
Jaar van publicatie:2019
Toegankelijkheid:Open