- Laccocephalum mylittae
Taxobox
name = "Laccocephalum mylittae"
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regnum =Fungi
phylum =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
ordo =Polyporales
familia =Polyporaceae
genus = "Laccocephalum"
species = "L. mylittae"
binomial = "Laccocephalum mylittae"
binomial_authority = (Cooke & Massee) Núñez & Ryvarden"Laccocephalum mylittae", commonly known as native bread or blackfellows bread, is an
edible Australian fungus . The ediblehypogeous fruiting body was a popular food item withAboriginal people.It was originally described as "Polyporus mylittae" by Cooke and Massee in 1892, before being placed in the small genus "
Laccocephalum " by Núñez and Ryvarden in 1995.The bumpy whitish cap has wavy margins and sprouts from an underground stipe. It grows in rainforests and
eucalyptus forest. The stipe is attached to a large underground fruiting body that Aborigines regarded as a delicacy. [ Low, T., "Wild Food Plants of Australia", Angus & Robertson, 1992, ISBN 0-207-16930-6]References
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