Wild mushroom- an underutilized healthy food resource and income generator: Experience from Tanzania rural areas

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tibuhwa, Donatha D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Mycological knowledge; Rural areas; Rural economy; Wild edible mushrooms

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANTHARELLACEAE;

AGARICALES; CATERING SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH FOOD; TANZANIA; TREE; ARTICLE;

AGARICALES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FOOD; TANZANIA; TREES;

EID: 84880032681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-49     Document Type: Article

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