Mud Fungus
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Description
- Common Names
- Mud Fungus, Flood Funnel
- Classification
A very large funnel-capped mushroom which grows in mudflats. The flesh of this mushroom will increase the production of saliva, and has a sedative effect if left under the tongue of a patient. Mud Fungus is a regular site in most tropical wetlands which undergo cyclical flooding and drying, usually fruiting as the silt and mud cracks when dry.
Ecology
- Rarity
- common
- Distribution
- tropical wetlands and floodplains.
- Life Cycle
Uses
- Cultivation
- wild, gathered when in season
- Culinary
- Used in local recipes as a meat substitute.
- Medicinal
- saliagogue (flesh), sedative (cap)
- Other
