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Table 8 Fungi (Ascomycetes)

From: Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community

Botanical Family

Scientific Name

Ngäbere Name

English Name

Spanish Name

Plant part used

Agroecosystem mostly found

Sarcoscyphaceae (Order Pezizales)

Cookeina spp. Kuntze

Kri olo

 Ear mushroom

Hongo oreja

Fruiting body

Fo, ESF

  1. The current work follows the latest Manual de plantas de Costa Rica [6872], with monocotyledonous families adhering to Dahlgren et al. [73], while dicotyledonous families follow Cronquist [74]