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Official name :
Termitomyces globulus R. Heim & Gooss.-Font
Family :
Lyophyllaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HO 13
Author(s) :
Oso, B. A.
Title :
Mushrooms in Yoruba Mythology and Medicinal Practices
Economic Botany, 32 : 367-371 (1971)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) hunters prepare a magical prescription of the mushroom chewed Termitomyces globulus with seven seeds of Aframomum melegueta and the leaf of Phyllanthus floribundus, When this is spat on the palm and rubbed on the gun or the bow and arrow with sorne incantations, the hunted game becomes drowsy and easy to kill.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria (Southwestern, Yoruba people)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
