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Table 3 Results of simple preference ranking for nine WEM for food

From: Ethnomycological study of edible and medicinal mushrooms in Menge District, Asossa Zone, Benshangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia

Mushroom species

Informants labeled R1 to R15

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

R13

R14

R15

Total

Rank

Termitomyces striatus

5

4

3

2

3

6

6

4

3

7

3

5

5

6

4

62

6th

T. eurhizus

7

6

5

4

4

9

3

5

7

8

6

7

6

5

6

82

4th

T. schimperi

9

8

9

9

7

8

9

9

6

9

9

8

9

8

8

117

1st

T. letestui

8

9

7

6

6

7

8

8

9

6

7

9

8

9

9

107

2nd

T. umkowaanii

4

5

6

8

8

4

7

7

5

3

5

3

4

5

7

74

5th

T. microcarpus

6

7

8

7

9

5

5

6

8

4

8

6

7

7

5

93

3rd

T. clypeatus

3

3

4

6

5

2

4

1

4

5

4

4

3

2

3

51

7th

Coprinus comatus

2

1

1

3

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

3

2

23

9th

T. robustus

1

2

2

1

2

3

2

3

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

24

8th

  1. Scores in the table indicate ranks given to WEM based on preference as food. Highest number (9) given for the mushroom which informants thought highly preferred as food, (1) is for the least preferred species