Table 3 Categorization of traditional names (in Nahuatl and Spanish) for fungi used in SIBS, Mexico according to Berlin et al. [6]
From: Folk classification of wild mushrooms from San Isidro Buensuceso, Tlaxcala, Central Mexico
Generic taxa designed by simple primary names | |
1. amarillitos -little yellow- (Cantharellus cibarius) | |
2. blanquitos -little white- (Hygrophorus chrysodon) | |
3. cailita ? (Tricholoma flavovirens) | |
4. campanilla -beltl- (Infundibulicybe gibba, I. cf. squamulosa) | |
5. cefamil ? (Lycoperdon perlatum) | |
6. cemita .-a kind of bread- (Boletus atkinsonii, Boletus pinophilus) | |
7. clavitos -nails- (Lyophyllum decastes complex) | |
8. cochinito -little pig- (Ustilago maydis) | |
9. corneta, cornetilla -fir’s funnel = fir’s little trumpet- (Turbinellus floccosus) | |
10. cualtzitzi (Russula delica group) | |
11. champiñon (Agaricus campestris) | |
12. charritos (Russula delica) | |
13. escobeta -broom- (Ramaria bonii, R. cystidiophora, R. sanguínea, R. versatilis) | |
14. gāchupi, (Helvella crispa) | |
15. güerito (Helvella crispa) | |
16. huevitos -little egg- (Lycoperdon perlatum) | |
17. ezquilo (I. gibba) | |
18. negrito -little black- (Helvella lacunosa) | |
19. olotes (Morchella elata, M. esculenta) | |
20. orejas -ear- (Helvella crispa) | |
21. pante (Boletus atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
22. panza -belly- (Suillus pseudobrevipes) | |
23. popozo, pupuzo, (S. pseudobrevipes, Chalciporus piperatus) | |
24. señoritas -miss- (Hygrophorus chrysodon) | |
25. tamborcito -drum-(H. lacunosa) | |
26. tecajete (R. delica group) | |
27. tecōzah, tecusa, tecutzal (C. cibarius) | |
28. tehtecuitl (Armillaria mexicana) | |
29. tlapitzal (Turbinellus floccosus) | |
30. totomoch (Infundibulicybe gibba, I. cf. squamulosa) | |
31. xelhuāz --escobeta-broom- (Ramaria bonii, R. cystidiophora, R. rubripermanens, R. sanguínea, R. versatilis) | |
32. xitetl =huevitos-egg- (Lycoperdon perlatum) | |
33. xocoyoli, xuxocoyoli, xoxocoyoli (Laccaria bicolor) | |
34. xōlētl, xulētl (L. decastes complex) | |
35. xo-tomāh, xo-tomāhme, xo-tomāhte, xo-tomāhtzi, (Boletus atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
Generic taxa designed by productive complex primary names (these names, despite having two constituents, refer to folk genres and refer to a higher taxa) | |
1. cacax-nanacatl (L. indigo) | |
2. cītlal-nanacatl -hongo de estrellas- star mushroom- (Amanita muscaria) | |
3. chichil-nacatl -hongo de chile- chili mushroom- (L. salmonicolor) | |
4. chil-nanacatl (L. salmonicolor) | |
5. gachupi-nanacatl (H. crispa) | |
6. gachupi-tzetze (H. crispa) | |
7. hongo azul -blue mushroom- (L. indigo)* | |
8. hongo de campana -belt mushroom- (I. gibba, I. cf. squamulosa)* | |
9. hongo de maguey -maguey mushroom- (Pleurotus opuntiae)* | |
10. hongo de maíz -corn mushroom- (U. maydis)* | |
11. hongo de mata (L. decastes complex)* | |
12. hongo de ocote (Hebeloma aff. mesophaeum)* | |
13. hongo morado -purple mushroom- (Chroogomphus jamaicensis)* | |
14. pante-nanacatl (Boletus atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
15. pitzu-nanacatl (A. muscaria, Amanita cf. smithiana, Lactarius chelidoniun var. chelidonioides, Lactarius luculentus, Lactarius mexicanus, Lactarius cf. villosus, Russula cf. fragilis, Russula grisceacens, Russula murrilli ) | |
16. xilona-nanacatl, xilonaltzitzi, xixilo-nanácatl (Hygrophorus chrysodon) | |
17. xitetl-nanacatl (L. perlatum) | |
18. xocoyo-nanácatl, xoxocoyol-nanácatl (L. trichodermophora) | |
Generic taxa designed by unproductive complex primary names | |
1. ayotzin, ayutzin. (Agaricus campestris) | |
2. ayoxóchitl (A. basii) 3. cuatecax (R. delica group) 4. cuatlamanil (Amanita tuza) 5. cuitlacoche (U. maydis) 6. chilnanatzi (L. salmonicolor) 7. huihuixocatzi (H. crispa) | |
Folk species designed by secondary names | |
1. oyametl-chilnanácatl, (L. salmonicolor) | |
2. cuaxua-xoletl (L. decastes complex) | |
3. ocol-xoletl (L. decastes complex) | |
4. oco-xaltoma (B. atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
5. oyamel-xotoma (B. atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
6. poposo-rabia (Ch. piperatus) | |
7. tepe-xotoma (L. aurantiacum) | |
8. tlacual-xoletl (L. decastes complex) | |
9. tlapal-tecosa, tlapal-tecosauitl (Ch. jamaicensis ) | |
10. tlapal-xotoma (B. atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
11. tlaxca-xotoma (B. atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) | |
12. xiteburo (L. perlatum) | |
13. xotoma-rabia (B. miniatopallescens) | |
14. zaca-xotoma (B. atkinsonii, B. pinophilus) |