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Table 7 Local names of mushrooms in San Juan Sacatepéquez and comparison with other municipalities of the Kaqchikel area

From: Ethnomycological knowledge among Kaqchikel, indigenous Maya people of Guatemalan Highlands

 

Department

Guatemala

Chimaltenango

Sacatepéquez

Municipality

San Juan Sacatepéquez

San Juan Comalapa

San Martín Jilotepeque

Patzún

Tecpán

Sumpango

Santo Domingo Xenacoj

Species

Spanish

Kaqchikel

 

Amanita caesarea complex

Tecomate amarillo/Hongo de San Juan

Q’atzuy

Q’atzuy

Q’atzuy

Q’atzuy

Q’atzuy

Q’atzuy

Q’atzuy

Amanita jacksonii

Hongo de San Pedro

Ruq’u San Pedro

      

Boletus edulis group

Pancita/Palo ladino

Lix/Patün lix

    

Rusemit kuk

 

Cantharellus cibarius/C. lateritius

Anacate

Q’axul/ K’axul’

Q’axul

 

Q’axul

Q’axul

Q’anxul

Q’axul

Cortinarius spp.

Cabeza de coyote

Jolom utiw

Ruwi’ utiw

Jolo utiw

 

Jolom utiw

 

Jolon utiw

Helvella crispa

Muñequitos

 

Mo’s

  

Numq’eq

Xikin b’ur

 

Hydnum repandum/H. r. var. album/H. umbilicatum

Lengua de venado/lengua de gato

Raq’ mazat/raq’ mes

Raq’ mazat

 

Raq’ mazat

Raq’ mazat

Raq wakax

Raq’mazat

Hypomyces lactifluorum

Trompa de coche

Rutza’n aq

Kaqaxtën

 

Tzan Aq

Kaqaxän

Uparatza’n aq

 

Laccaria amethystina/L. aff. laccata

Canilla de pajarito/cabeza de pajarito

Raqun chip/rujolom tonch’ich’

Xcampraña

  

Tutza’naq

  

Lactarius deliciosus s.l.

Shara amarilla

Xar, Tzum cabro

Tolor

Qän Xar

Kaqix

Kaqix

Amacaria

Kaqix

Lactarius indigo

Xara azul

Rujolon xar

Ruwi’ Xar

Xar

Xar

Raxwach kaqix Räx kaqix Räx okox

Upawi’ xar/Xar

Raxwach kaqix

Lactarius aff. subpurpureus

Xarita anaranjada

Xaritas

      

Lepista nuda/L. aff. sordida

Frijolito

Li’x

Panq’oq

  

Panq’oq

  

Ramaria araiospora/R. spp.

Cabeza de gallo

Rujolon äk

Tzikej

  

Tzikej Rixk’eq Chikop

  

Suillus aff. salmonicolor

Pancita

Lix

Punpun

  

Punpu’x

  

Tricholoma flavovirens

Pancita esponjita

Lix

Tonch’ich’

  

Jolon Toch’ich’

  

Tylopilus aff. badiceps

Pancita

       
  1. Source: data obtained through interviews and contacts with vendors and collectors in the frame of this study in 2012 and 2015, and compared with published information [24, 31, 32, 40]