Termitomyces titanicus
Termitomyces titanicus is a species of edible fungus in the Lyophyllaceae family. Found in West Africa, it has a
cap that may reach 1 metre in diameter on a stipe up to 57 centimetres in length. Termitomyces is symbiotic with termites of the genus Macrotermes who raise the hyphae upon partially digested leaves as their primary foodstuff. T. titanicus was unknown to Western science until an article by David Pegler and G. D. Pearce published in the Kew Bulletin in 1980, even though it was a common item in the native markets. Pegler and Piearce made no attempt to explain its late discovery.