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Table 9 Commerce of mushrooms in San Juan Sacatepéquez

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

Issue

Vendors

Cementos Progreso workers

N

N

Use of mushrooms

14

100

28

100

 Food

14

100

23

82

 Do not know/no opinion

0

0

5

18

Recipients of mushrooms

14

100

28

100

 Several people in the market

5

35

13

47

 Mushroom resale

5

35

9

32

 Gatherers near the village

4

30

0

0

 Does not sells mushrooms

6

21

How to differentiate between edible mushrooms from inedible ones

14

100

28

100

 Color

5

37

17

59

 Cap with or without scales or warts

2

14

4

14

 Stem

2

14

1

4

 Ring

2

14

0

0

 Texture

0

0

3

11

 Gills

0

0

1

4

 Volva

1

7

1

4

 Taste

1

7

0

0

 Cuticle

0

0

0

0

 Do not know/no opinion

1

7

1

4

Reasons to cut the foot to the mushrooms sold in the market

14

100

28

100

 Cleaning

8

58

18

64

 Interferes with the taste

3

21

1

4

 None of the above

2

14

3

11

 Leave “seeds” to grow new mushrooms

1

7

6

21

Population that consumes more mushrooms

14

100

28

100

 Indigenous and ladinos

11

79

14

50

 Indigenous

1

7

9

32

 Ladinos

0

0

4

14

 Do not know/no opinion

2

14

1

4

What you like most about mushrooms

14

100

28

100

 Taste

11

79

23

82

 Taste/texture

1

7

1

4

 Appearance

0

0

0

0

 Do not know/no opinion

2

14

4

14

Difference between the Hongo de San Juan and the Hongo de San Pedro

14

100

28

100

 Color

8

58

11

39

 Taste

3

21

10

35

 Price

0

0

3

11

 Place of growth

1

7

2

7

 None of the above

2

14

1

4

 Do not know/no opinion

0

0

1

4

  1. Source: information obtained through oral (vendors) and written (cement plant workers) interviews, conducted in the period 2012–2015. See “Materials and methods” for further details
  2. °Approximate