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

Table 5 Demographic, cultural and environmental characteristics of the four Mixtec studied communities in southeastern Mexico and richness of fungal species locally used

Name of community	Population^a	Native Mixtec Speakers^a,b	Natural vegetation cover^a	Degree of soil erosion^a	Degree of economic marginalization^a	Richness of fungal species recognized and used
SCE	1,156	94.8 %	PQF (72 %), RA (21 %), SV (7 %)	Medium	Very high	48
SJY	432	45.3 %	PQF (50 %), RA (29 %), SV (21 %)	Medium	Very high	24
SMT	346	8.1 %	PQF (40 %), SG (46 %), SH (2 %), RA (12 %)	Very high	Medium	2
SAY	695	50.7 %	PQF (40 %), TDF (15 %), SV (33 %), RA (11 %)	High	High	2

SCE Santa Catarina Estetla, SJY San Juan Yuta, SMT San Miguel Tulancingo, SAY San Andrés Yutatio, PQF: natural forests of Pinus spp. and Quercus spp., TDF tropical deciduous forest, RA rainfed agriculture, SG secondary grassland, SV secondary vegetation, SH shrub vegetation
^aInformation based on INEGI [19], SEDESOL [23] and CONEVAL [24]
^bPercentage of native speakers over 5-year-old

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