Larissa Trierveiler Pereira is a Brazilian mycologist, professor, and researcher, who has been studying mushrooms since her first undergraduate course in 2003. Her Masters and Ph.D. studies focused on taxonomy of macrofungi, and she has been investigating wild edible mushrooms, mycophagy, and ethnomycology.
Wild Edible Mushrooms, A Brazilian Perspective
Friday, August 12, 2022
11 a.m. | Online
Wild edible mushrooms (WEM) are collected and consumed in many countries worldwide. In Brazil few Amazonian Indigenous tribes use mushrooms as a food source, but this knowledge is almost lost in urban centers. During the past years, studies have been conducted in order to list existing and discover new species of WEM from Brazil. This talk will present some of these recent advances in the field.
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