Over 400 food resources from Brazil: evidence-based records of wild edible mushrooms
Many species of mushroom-forming fungi have been harvested in the wild and used for food and medicine for thousands of years. In Brazil, the knowledge of the diversity of wild edible mushrooms remains scattered and poorly studied. Based on new samples, bibliographic records revision, and searches through the GenBank, we recorded 409 species of wild edible mushrooms in Brazil, of which 350 can be safely consumed and 59 are edible but with conditions. Additionally, other 150 species represent taxa with unclear evidence of consumption or unconfirmed edibility status. A total of 86 of the 409 edible species represents consistent records in Brazil based on molecular data and/or Brazilian nomenclatural types. Other 323 names represent species that need further taxonomic investigations to confirm their identity and occurrence in the country, with 41 of them having some record of consumption by part of the Brazilian population. The remaining 282 species can represent new food resources for the country. We generated 143 DNA sequences, representing 40 species within 29 genera. Edible mushrooms are an important non-wood forest product and the knowledge about them adds value to the local biodiversity and the population, increasing the incentive to conservation allied to sustainable rural development.
Authors
- Ariadne N. M. Furtado
- Vítor Xavier de Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8208-8426)
- Cristiano Coelho do Nascimento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-1962)
- Mariana de Paula Drewinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7299-8477)
- Juliano M. Baltazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9914-5108)
- Maria Alice Neves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-4890)
- Jadson José Souza de Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3421)
- Renato Lúcio Mendes Alvarenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-3762)
- Alexandre Rafael Lenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6699-2899)
- Noemia Kazue Ishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5731-0566)
- Nelson Menolli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1841-8179)
- Alexandre G. S. Silva-Filho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3356-6847)
- F. Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4427-5295)
- Melissa Palacio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2890-5189)
- Altielys Casale Magnago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8177-243X)
- Ruby Vargas-Isla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6214-8727)
- Larissa Trierveiler‐Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1276-2083)
- Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-7650)
- Maria Carolina Borges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3706-2902)
- Marina Pires Corrêa-Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4329-9861)
Institutions
- Federal Institute of São Paulo (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Universidade do Estado da Bahia (BR)
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Secretaria do Meio Ambiente (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IMA Fungus
- Published
- 2024-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-024-00171-8
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.60
Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas
- Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco