Les champignons ecto-mycorrhiziens consommés par les Bassar et les Kabyè, peuples riverains du Parc National Fazao-Malfakassa (PNFM) au Togo (Afrique de l’Ouest)

• Main Authors: H. KAMOU, P. NADJOMBE, A. K. GBOGBO, S. N. YOROU, K. BATAWILA, K. AKPAGANA, K. A. GUELLY
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II 2017-05-01
• Series: Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires
• Subjects: Edible ecto-mycorrhizal mushrooms; exploitation; ethnic groups; National Park Fazao-Malfakassa; Togo
• Online Access: http://agrimaroc.org/index.php/Actes_IAVH2/article/view/447/439

The wild edible mushrooms are often used by people who live around the PNFM of Togo. To know better the ecto-mycorrhizal taxa used and to document the endogenous knowledge, surveys on ethno-mycological knowledge were conducted in the city of Bassar from the ethnic group of Bassar and in the village of Hezoudè from Kabyè ethnic group. During this study, based on semi-structural ethno-mycological survey, 432 people aged 10 to 80 years from the Kabyè and Bassar areas are interviewed via focus group and/or individual interviews. After ethno-mycological investigations, 23 taxa are known as edible. The ethno-mycological indices such as Use Value (UV), Index of Fisher (p) and Index of Importance Value (IVI) are calculated to test the knowledge on the different use of mushrooms by the two ethnic groups. The study revealed that there is no significant difference regarding the number of consumed taxa for each ethnic group and the levels of their traditional knowledge. The study also showed that the traditional ethno-mycological knowledge of the population varies according to age, the ethnical group and sex. The elders are proven to be the holders of the best mycological knowledge. The most ecto-mycorrhizal mushrooms consumed are Amanita loosii, Russula oleifera and Cantharellus congolensis. These preliminary data indicate that the ecto-mycorrhizal mushrooms and their uses are well known by the people who live around the PNFM.