Food Value of Edible Mushrooms from Upper-Shaba Region

During our stay of several years in the south of the Upper-Shaba region of Zaïre, we observed that the consumption of wild mushrooms constitutes an appreciable food supplement for the local populations. It seemed of interest to us to try to determine the species consumed as well as their food value—this type of systematic study having not yet been undertaken in Central Africa. Our preliminary data have already been published in 1973 (Thoen et al.).