Table 5.

Medicinal mushrooms known and used by the population in in Kilum-Ijim forest, North West Region, Cameroon

Species	Ailment treated	Method of preparation	Method of administration
Auricularia polytricha	Nausea in pregnant women	Cooked with soup	Oral
Daldinia concentrica	Hypertension	Sliced and boiled with other herbs	Oral
Ganoderma applanatum	Builds up immune system	Boiled in water	Oral
Lentinus squarrosulus	System cleansing	Cooked with soup	Oral
Polyporus dictyopus	Stomach aches and head aches	Boiled with other herbs	Oral
Termitomyces microcarpus	Bone strengthening in children and Fever	Cooked with soup, boiled in water and drunk	Oral
Trametes versicolor	Strengthens immune system	Boiled in water and drunk	Oral
Vascellum pretense	Fever	Mixed with other herbs and boiled	Oral
Xylaria sp.	Hypertension, fever	Added to herbal preparations	Oral