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Table 3 Species of mushrooms used as food, with ludic use or toxic recognized by Mixtecs in the studied communities

From: Traditional knowledge and use of wild mushrooms by Mixtecs or Ñuu savi, the people of the rain, from Southeastern Mexico

Taxa

Mixtec name

Use

Substrate

Habitat

TG

Mixtec community

Ascomycetes

Hypomyces lactifluorum (Schw. Fr.)

xi´i lo´o

EL

M

Q, P, P-Q

MY

1, 2

Basidiomycetes

Agaricus campestris L. ex Fr.

xi´i nu ite

EL

H

G

S

1, 2

Agaricus pampeanus Speg.

xi´i nde´i

EL

H

G

S

4

Albatrellus aff. ovinus Schaeff.

xi´i yaa idu

EL

H

P

S

1

Amanita aff. basii Guzmán & Ram. Guill.

xi´i naa

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Amanita bisporigera G.F. Atk

xi´i la´ava

DT

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Amanita chlorinosma (Peck) Lloyd

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ kuixi

T

S

Q, P, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita citrina Pers.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita crocea (Quél.) Singer ex Singer.

xi´i la´ava

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita echinocephala (Vittad.) Quel.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita flavoconia G.F. Atk.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita flavorubens (Berk. & Mont.) Sacc.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita fulva Fr.

xi´i la´ava

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita gemmata (Fr.) Bertill.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita aff. jacksonii Pomerl.

xi´i naa

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Amanita aff. laurae Guzmán & Ram. Guill.

xi´i naa

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Amanita muscaria (L.: Fr.) Lam.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link.

xi´i la´ava

DT

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita polypyramis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc.

xi´i la´ava kuixi

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita rubescens (Pers.: Fr.) S.F. Gray. 

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita sect. caesarea (Scop.:Fr.) Pers.

xi´i naa

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Amanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam.

xi´i la´ava

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita verna (Bull.: Fr.) Lamarck.

xi´i la´ava

T

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Amanita virosa (Fr.) Bertill.

xi´i la´ava

DT

S

Q, P, P-Q

EM

1

Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.: Pers.) Morgan.

xi’i chɨndɨɨ

L

S

Q, G

EM

1

Boletus edulis s.l. Bull. ex Fr.

xi´i taka ya´a

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Calvatia aff. cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan

xi´i ndɨvɨ kuni

EL, L

H

G

S

1,3

Cantharellus “cibarius” sp. 1

xi´i veya

EL

S

Q, P, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Cantharellus “cibarius” sp. 2

xi´i veya

EL

S

Q, P, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Hohenbuehelia petaloides (Bull.) Schulzer.

xi´i tnu tɨ´ma

EL

W

TDC

S

1

Hydnum repandum L.: Fr.

xi´i tɨntaku

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Lactarius volemus Fr.

xi´i dɨkuɨ

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1, 2

Lepiota sp.

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

H

Q, P-Q

S

1

Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff.

xi’i kue´e

L

H

G

S

1, 2

Lycoperdon aff. spadiceum Pers.

xi’i kue´e

L

H

G

S

1

Lycoperdon perlatum Pers.

xi’i kue´e

L

H

G

S

1, 2

Macrolepiota procera (Scop.) Singer

xi´i la´ava ndɨ´yɨ

T

H

P

S

1, 2

Marasmius oreades Bolt. ex Fr.

xi´i daa, xi´i ndeyu

EL

H

G

S

1, 2

Neolentinus lepideus (Buxb.) Fr.

xi´i ntaka’a ñu´u; xi´i kolo

EL

W

P, P-Q

S

1, 2

Pisolithus arhizus (Scop.: Pers.) Rausch.

xi’i ndɨvɨ burru

L

S

P, P-Q

EM

1

Pleurotus aff. dryinus (Pers. ex Fr.) Kum.

xi´i tnu tɨ´ma

EL

W

TDF

S

1, 2

Pleurotus aff. eryngii (Fr.)

xi´i tnu tɨ´ma

EL

W

TDF

S

1, 2

Pseudofistulina radicata (Schw.) Burds.

xi´i tuchi

EL

W

Q, P-Q

S

1, 2

Ramaria aff. fennica (P. Karst.) Ricken

xi´i ndɨkɨ idu

EL

S

Q

EM

1, 2

Ramaria botrytis (Pers.) Ricken.

xi´i ndɨkɨ idu

EL

S

Q

EM

1, 2

Ramaria flava Quel.

xi´i ndɨkɨ idu

EL

S

Q

EM

1, 2

Russula mexicana Burl.

xi´i satu, xi´i ya’a

EL

S

Q, P-Q

EM

1

Schizophyllum commune (Fr.) Fr.

xi´i tnu kutu

EL

W

TDF

S

1, 2

Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda.

tikaa maa

EL

O

C

P

1, 2, 3, 4

  1. The nomenclature is based on the Index fungorum [36] and the ectomycorrhizal status in Rinaldi et al. [96] and Comandini et al. [97]. EL edible locally, L ludic, T toxic, DT deadly toxic, M mushroom, H humus, S soil, W wood debris, O other, G grassland, P Pinus forest (Mixed forests of Pinus oaxacana, P. lawsonii, P. michoacana, P. devoniana and P. pringlei), Q Quercus forest (Mixed forests of Quercus magnoliifolia, Q. castanea, Q. urbanii, Q. rugosa, Q. laurina and Q. acutifolia), P-Q forest of Pinus spp.-Quercus spp., TDF tropical deciduous forest, C crop, TG trophic group, EM ectomycorrhizal, MY mycoparasite, S saprobic. Mixtec community: 1: Santa Catarina Estetla; 2: San Juan Yuta; 3: San Miguel Tulancingo; 4: San Andrés Yutatio (numbers correspond to map in Fig. 1)