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Table 1 The number and amount of collected fruits and fungi species in the study areas

From: From economic survival to recreation: contemporary uses of wild food and medicine in rural Sweden, Ukraine and NW Russia

 

Småland, Sweden

Roztochya, Ukraine

Kortkeros, Russian Federation

Maximum number of collected berry species per person

8

14

12

Average number of collected berry species per person

3

8

6

Maximum number of collected fungi species per person

9

13

12

Average number of collected fungi species per person

3

6

6

Amount of collected fruits (average/max), litres family/year:

   

Vaccinium myrtillus L.

2–5/50

10/35

20/65

Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

2–5/50

2/5

12

Rubus spp.

2/5

10/15

20

Rubus idaeus L.

-

10/20

-

Fragaria vesca L.

-

1–2/50

1

Vaccinium oxycoccos L.

-

1/2

30

Rubus chamaemorus L.

  

10

Amount of collected mushrooms (average/max), kg family/year:

1/50

3/130

3/200

Boletus edulis Bull.

1/6

3/130

3/30

Cantharellus cibarius Fr.

1/50

1/5

5/45

Lactarius resimus Fr.

-

-

15/200