Serial no: 135
Status: Complete
Last update: 2024-10-26

ເຫັດຫວາຍ
Lao Musutake
Tricholoma fulvocastaneum Hongo


Fungi
Terrestrial fungi

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Local name:
Thai: Hed ngu leam Chinese: Songrong English: matsutake ( Thai: Hed ngu leam Chinese: Sōngróng [松茸] English: matsutake)
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Family:
Tricholomataceae
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Use
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Food
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Well-known from Xieng Khouang Province, but also seen in Huaphan Province. Associated with chestnut trees in remote fertile forests. It peeks 2-3 times during the rainy season and in between very rare. This very popular mushroom is eaten cooked and can be harvested for sale in market with dried and fresh. Medicinal:  Ms. Sormany of the Sengsavanh Handicrafts is also making a medicinal drink by adding powder from dried Matsutake into boiled water. The ‘Het Wai Tea’ is believed to be good to reduce blood pressure, detoxification and preventing diabetes. In some cases dried powdered Matsutake is mixed in rice dishes.

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References
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References:
Sanmee, R., Dell, B., Lumyong, P., & Lumyoung, S., 2007. First record of Tricholma fulvocastaneum from Thailand. Mycoscience 48:131−133.


Pedersen, O, S. & Phannorath, V. 2016. Matsutake−Het Wai value Chain Analysis in Xiengkhouang province, Lao PDR. UNDP, FAO and MAF.
Læssøe, T., Pedersen, O. S. & Sysouphanthong, P. 2018. An Introduction to the Edible, Poisonous and Medicinal Fungi of Northern Laos, 192 pp.
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