From: Wild food plants and fungi sold in the markets of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
| Scientific name | Family | Local Lao name transliteration | Local Lao name | Feb | Jun | Aug | Nov | Use | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of taxa in each season | 10 | 28 | 26 | 17 | |||||
| Amanita hemibapha (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. 1887 | Amanitaceae | het la ngok leuang |
| x | x | food | wild | ||
| Amanita princeps Corner & Bas 1962 | Amanitaceae | het la ngok khao |
| x | x | food | wild | ||
| Amanita sp. | Amanitaceae | het la ngok |
| x | x | food | wild | ||
| Astraeus odoratus Phosri, Watling, M.P. Martín & Whalley 2004 | Diplocystidiaceae | het pho |
| x | food | wild | |||
| Auricularia spp., including: | Auriculariaceae | het hou nou |
| x | x | x | x | food | wild |
| Auricularia aff. fibrillifera Kobayasi 1973 | |||||||||
| Auricularia delicata (Mont. ex Fr.) Henn. 1893 | |||||||||
| Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers. 1822 or A. asiatica Bandara & K.D. Hyde 2016 | |||||||||
| Auricularia nigricans (Sw.) Birkebak, Looney & Sánchez-García 2013 | |||||||||
| Boletus aff. gertrudiae Peck 1911 | Boletaceae | het pheung |
| x | x | food | wild | ||
| Boletus reticulatus Schaeff. 1763 | Boletaceae | het pheung |
| x | x | food | wild | ||
| Calvatia sp. | Agaricaceae | het thang |
| x | food | wild | |||
| Cantharellula sp. | Cantharellaceae | het saet |
| x | food | wild | |||
| Cantharellus spp. | Cantharellaceae | het saet |
| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Clavulina sp. | Cantharellaceae | het nuat |
| x | food | wild | |||
| Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer 1951 | Agaricaceae | het sen nyai |
| x | x | x | x | food | cultivated |
| Ganoderma gibbosum (Cooke) Pat. 1897 | Ganodermataceae | het lin chu |
| x | x | x | x | medicine sold to Chinese tourists | wild |
| Ganoderma sp. | Ganodermataceae | het lin chu |
| x | x | x | x | medicine sold to Chinese tourists | wild |
| Lactifluus pinguis (Van de Putte & Verbeken) Van de Putte 2012 and Lactifluus volemus (Fr.) Kuntze 1891 | Russulaceae | het hat |
| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler 1976 | Omphalotaceae | het hom |
| x | x | x | x | food | cultivated |
| Lentinus polychrous Lév. 1844 | Polyporaceae | het bot |
| x | x | x | x | food | wild |
| Lentinus squarrosulus Mont. 1842 | Polyporaceae | het khao |
| x | x | x | x | food | wild |
| Leucoagaricus meleagris (Gray) Singer 1951a | Agaricaceae | not recordeda | x | food | wild | ||||
| Macrocybe gigantea (Massee) Pegler & Lodge 1998 | Tricholomataceae | het tin sang |
| food | cultivated | ||||
| Phlebopus portentosus (Berk. & Broome) Boedijn 1951 | Boletinallaceae | het pheung |
| x | x | food | wild | ||
| Pisolithus orientalis Watling, Phosri & M.P. Martín 2012 | Sclerodermataceae | het mak kheua |
| x | food | wild | |||
| Pleurotus aff. ferulaginis Zervakis, Venturella & Cattar. 2014 | Pleurotaceae | het nang lom |
| food | wild | ||||
| Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Quél. 1872 | Pleurotaceae | het tin haet |
| x | x | x | x | food | cultivated |
| Pleurotus giganteus (Berk.) Karun. & K.D. Hyde 2011 | Pleurotaceae | het sang |
| food | wild | ||||
| Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) Quél. 1872 | Pleurotaceae | het nang lom |
| x | x | x | x | food | cultivated |
| Polyporus udus Jungh. 1840 | Polyporaceae | het ting moi |
| x | food | wild | |||
| Russula spp., all species sold mixed together, including: | Russulaceae | large veriety of names used, e.g. het din, het nam mak, het le dou, het kok |
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| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Russula alboareolata Hongo 1979 | |||||||||
| Russula delica Fr. 1838 | |||||||||
| Russula faustiana Sarnari 1992 | |||||||||
| Russula integra (L.) Fr. 1838 | |||||||||
| Russula paludosa Britzelm. 1891 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 1 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 2 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 3 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 4 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 5 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 6 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 7 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 8 | |||||||||
| Russula sp. 9 | |||||||||
| Russula subfoetens W.G. Sm. 1873 | |||||||||
| Russula virescens (Schaeff.) Fr. 1836 | |||||||||
| Schizophyllum commune Fr. 1815 | Schizophyllaceae | het khaen |
| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Termitomyces fuliginosus R.Heim 1951 | |||||||||
| Termitomyces eurrhizus (Berk.) R. Heim 1942 | Lyophyllaceae | het khon kao |
| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Termitomyces heimii Natarajan 1979 | Lyophyllaceae | het pouak |
| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R. Heim 1941 | Lyophyllaceae | het kai noy |
| x | x | x | food | wild | |
| Volvariella volvacea (Bull.) Singer 1951 | Pluteaceae | het feuong |
| x | x | x | x | food | wild and cultivated |
| undientified | ? | het hai |
| x | food | wild |