Table 3.

Inventory of edible and medicinal mushrooms collected from the Kilum-Ijim forest North West Cameroon

Sample collection no.	Species	Vernacular name	Meaning	Habitat	Period of collection	Use
Agaricaceae
PLSB038	Vascellum pretense (Pers.) Kreise	Not known	Not known	Soil	March-Oct	Medicine
Auriculariaceae
DCF058	Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc.	Vutungleh	Ear shaped	Decomposing wood	March-June	Food/medicine
Ganodermataceae
ACF001	Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.	Awo’oh fuka	Mushroom on wood	Decomposing wood	All year round	Medicine
Lyophyllaceae
IBAL001	Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk.& Broome) R. Heim	Futiatih/Mutotos	Tiny mushrooms	Termite hills	March-April	Food/medicine
IBAL002	Termitomyces sp.1 R.Heim	Awo’oh/kiwo’oh	Mushroom on wood	Termite hills	March-April	Food
IBAL003	Termitomyces sp.2 R.Heim	Awo’oh/kiwo’oh	Mushroom on wood	Termite hills	March-April	Food
BAT001	Termitomyces striatus (Beeli) R.Heim	Awo’oh/kiwo’oh	Mushroom on wood	Termite hills	March-April	Food
Polyporaceae
USCF003	Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill	Allem/kilim	“Meatlike”	Decomposing wood	March-June	Food
ACF006	Lentinus squarrosulus Mont. 1842	Ntaghagheus	Tough skin	Decomposing wood	March-June	Food/medicine
DCF025	Polyporus dictyopus Mont. 1835	Ntaghagheus	Tough skin	Decomposing wood	March-Oct	Food/medicine
DCF15	Polyporus tenuiculus (Beauv.) Fr.	Ntaghagheus	Tough skin	Decomposing wood	March-Oct	Food
PLSO004	Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd	Awo’oh fuka	Mushroom on wood	Decomposing wood	March-Oct	Medicine
Xylariaceae
DCF057	Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Cesati & de Notaris	Awo’oh fuka	Mushroom on wood	Standing wood	March-Oct	Medicine
PLSB27	Xylaria sp. Hill ex Schrank	Awo’oh fuka	Mushroom on wood	Decomposing wood	All year round	Medicine