Cothur's Bread
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About
- Common Names
- Cothur's Bread
- Classification
- Fungus
- Description
- A large ball-shaped edible fungus that undergoes rapid growth following brief heavy downpours throughout the summer months.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Rare
- Distribution
- Tropical through temperate plains, savanna, and forests.
- Life Cycle
- Rhizome growth on or below the soil surface, with fruiting bodies rapidly growing after heavy rainfall, bursting and dispersing spores.
Related Species
Uses
- Cultivation
- wild
- Culinary
- edible (ball)
- Medicinal
- none
- Other
History
- Cultural
- Religious
- In Waejir, the fruiting body is considered a gift from Cothur the God of Storms and Precipitation.