The king tuber mushroom (Pleurotus tuber-regium) is native to tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia, where it grows on dead wood and produces an oyster mushroom-like fruiting body and large underground tuber or sclerotium which are both edible. It has been used traditionally in West Africa for many centuries in the preparation of various food recipes and folk medicine. The king tuber mushroom has been studied extensively to develop sustainable cultivation...