Native bread, Blackfellow’s Bread
Laccocephalium mylittae

Family: Polyporaceae

What it is like

A large underground fungus. These can be 20 kg in weight. These are brown on the outside and and are firm and yellow inside. They can be 12 cm across. The flesh inside lets light through. It can produce a toadstool above the ground.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It occurs in Eucalypt forest.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Australia (country/location of origin), China, Tasmania (country/location of origin)

How it is used for food

The sclerotia is eaten.

Edible parts

Fungus

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Polyporus mylittae M.C. Cooke & G.E. Massee; Mylittae australis M.J. Berkley;