Phytogeographical and sociolinguistical patterns of the diversity, distribution, and uses of wild mushrooms in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Soro, Bakary; Koné, N’golo Abdoulaye; Vanié-Léabo, Linda Patricia Louyounan; Konaté, Souleymane; Bakayoko, Adama; Koné, Daouda

doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0284-5

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Tables 3 Diversity and distribution of the reported wild medicinal mushrooms according to the phytogeographical and sociolinguistical groups in Côte d’Ivoire

From: Phytogeographical and sociolinguistical patterns of the diversity, distribution, and uses of wild mushrooms in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Fungal species	Families	Distribution	Sociolinguistical groups	Treated disease(s)
Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc.	Auriculariaceae	GS	Gouro	Peptic ulcer and hypertension
Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc.		EF	Guéré and Oubi	Menopause opportunistic diseases
Auricalaria sp1		SGS	Lobi and Malinké	Peptic ulcer
Auricularia sp2		SGS	Lobi and Malinké	Peptic ulcer
Auricularia sp3		EF	Guéré and Oubi	Menopause opportunistic diseases, peptic ulcer, HIV/AIDS
Bulgaria sp.	Phacidiaceae	EF	Baoulé	Heart condition
Bulgaria sp.	Phacidiaceae	EF, GS	Baoulé	Heart condition, peptic ulcer, epilepsy
Cookeina sp1	Sarcosyphaceae	EF	Guéré	Earache and hiccough
Cookeina sp2	Sarcosyphaceae	EF	Guéré	Earache and hiccough
Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Cesati and de Notaris	Hypoxylaceae	EF, GS, SGS	Baoulé, Gueré	Hernia, stomach ache, pediatrics (stomach ache), reduction of big navel of newborn babies, invigoration of kidney’s activity
Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Cesati and de Notaris	Hypoxylaceae	EF	Lobi, Oubi, Koulango, Gouro, Malinké, Guéré	Healing wound, boil, diarrhea, STD (gonorrhea), cheloids
Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis ex Fr.) P. Karst.	Ganodermataceae	SGS	Lobi, Koulango, and Malinké	Stomach ache, make giving birth easier, use as antibiotic after giving birth, hemorrhoid, healing wound, rheumatism, insecticide
Ganoderma sp.		EF	Guéré	Pediatrics (whet new born appetite)
Lentinus tuber-regium (Fries) Fries	Polyporaceae	GS	Baoulé	Pediatrics, burn’s wound
Lycoperdon sp1	Agaricaceae	EF	Guéré and Baoulé	Burn, pediatrics (whet new born appetite), reduction of big navel of newborn babies
Lycoperdon sp2	Agaricaceae	EF	Guéré and Baoulé
Psathyrella tuberculata (Path.) A. H. Sm.	Psathyrellaceae	EF, GS, SGS	Baoulé, Oubi, Gouro, Koulango, Lobi, Malinké	Peptic ulcer
Echinochaete brachypora (Mont.) Ryvarden	Polyporaceae	EF	Baoulé	Heart condition
Volvariella volvaceae (Bulliard) Singer	Plyteaceae	GS	Baoulé	Fat removal

Abbreviations: zones phytogeographical zones of Côte d’Ivoire, EF Evergreen Forest, GS Guinean Savanna, SGS Sudano-Guinean Savanna, STD sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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