Wild Edible Mushroom / Shitoli Alimbi / शितोळी अळिंबी

Wild Edible Mushroom / Shitoli Alimbi / शितोळी अळिंबी

Other Names

  • Local Name: Shitoli Alimbi / शितोळी अळिंबी
  • Common Name: Wild Edible Mushroom
  • Botanical Name: Coprinellus

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Fungus
  • Occurrence: On Ant Hills
  • Season of Availability: June - November
  • Geography: N/A
  • Method of Propagation: Spore dispersal
  • Part used for Propagation: Spore

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Whole Mushroom
  • Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No
  • Ripe: No
  • Both Raw & Ripe: No
  • Dangerous Form to Consume: N/A
  • As Food: Saute, use in sabji; cook as a vegetable.
  • As Medicine: Extremely therapeutic for pregnant women
  • Cooking Method: Saute, use in sabji; cook as a vegetable.
  • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A
  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: N/A
  • Souring Agents Required: N/A

Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Contains carbohydrates.
  • Medicinal Benefit: Therapeutic

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Extremely therapeutic for pregnant women

Recipes / Usage

  • Tribal Recipe / Usage: Used as a sabji

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शितोळी अळिंबी are wild edible mushrooms foraged from busy forest anthills of the Western Ghats between June and November. These wild edible mushrooms grow on top of Ant Hills and are considered extremely therapeutic for pregnant women by tribal communities. Sautéed and cooked like a vegetable, they are prized by tribal communities for their medicinal value, believed to support diabetes care and offer anti-cancer properties