Termitomyces microcarpus

Termitomyces microcarpus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. An edible species, it is found in Africa and Asia, where it grows in groups or clusters in deciduous forests near the roots of bamboo stumps associated with termite nests.^[3]

Termitomyces microcarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Lyophyllaceae
Genus:	Termitomyces
Species:	T. microcarpus
Binomial name
Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R.Heim (1942)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Agaricus microcarpus Berk. & Broome (1871) Entoloma microcarpum (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. (1887) Gymnopus microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) Overeem (1927) Podabrella microcarpa (Berk. & Broome) Singer (1945) Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R.Heim (1941) Termitomyces microcarpus f. santalensis R.Heim (1977)

Nutrition

A 2017 study which compared the amino acid profile of 13 edible wild mushrooms in Yunnan, China found that T. microcarpus had the largest amount of total amino acids as well as essential amino acids.^[4]

Termitomyces microcarpus

Protein
Amino acids Tryptophan 241.9 mg Threonine 653.6 mg Isoleucine 689.6 mg Leucine 1197.3 mg Methionine 180.4 mg Cystine 555.5 mg Phenylalanine 785.8 mg Tyrosine 756.4 mg Valine 971.8 mg Arginine 742.0 mg Histidine 357.5 mg Alanine 690.9 mg Aspartic acid 497.3 mg Glutamic acid 1369.2 mg Glycine 597.9 mg Proline 521.6 mg Serine 775.7 mg
Vitamins and minerals
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults.[5]