Mushrooms and Truffles: Historical Biofactories for Complementary Medicine in Africa and in the Middle East

Table 3

Ethnomycological knowledge on mushrooms utilization by the Kurya and Maasai tribes around Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, modified from [59].

Species	Ethnic name		Traditional uses
	Kurya	Masai	Kurya	Masai
Termitomyces microcarpus	Bitoghose	Not known	Food: improve healthy to long-ill people and lactating mothers	Not known
T. titanicus	Lyugu	Ormambuli	Food: tonic for various gastrointestinal problems	Few know it as tonic for various gastrointestinal problems
T. aurantiacus	Nyankobhiti	Ormambuli	Food: tonic for stomach aching	Not known
T. clypeatus	Vihungumururyo	Ormambuli	Food	Not known
T. eurhizus	Amanyegiswa	Ormambuli	Food	Not known
T. le-testui	Lyugu	Ormambuli	Food	Few know it as tonic for various gastrointestinal problems
T. mammiformis	Bitoghose	Ormambuli	Food	Not known
T. umkowaan	Amughu	Ormambuli	Food	Few know it as tonic for various gastrointestinal problems
T. tylerianus	Bitoghose	Ormambuli	Food	Not known
T. striatus	Bitoghose	Ormambuli	Food	Not known
Agaricus campestris	Bitoghose	Ormambuli	Food	Not known
Macrolepiota procera	Binyankorogoto	Not known	Healing wounds	Not known
Ganoderma boninense	Binyankorogoto	Not known	Treat wound and skin infections	Not known
Geastrum saccatum	Uiborinyiti	Not known	Subject bees into anaesthesia state	Subject bees into anaesthesia state
G. triplex	Uiborinyiti	Not known	Subject bees into anaesthesia state	Subject bees into anaesthesia state