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Table 3 Mean numbers of edible fungi eaten by informants from each ethnic group (tribe) ± standard deviation (SD)

From: Wild edible ectomycorrhizal fungi: an underutilized food resource from the rainforests of Tshopo province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Ethnic groups

Fungal trophic groups

Kruskal-Wallis

Ectomycorrhizal fungi, mean ± SD

Saprotrophic fungi, mean ± SD

Termitophilic fungi, mean ± SD

p value

Significance

Turumbu

8 ± 3

13 ± 3

2 ± 1

< 0.001

***

Lokele

7 ± 3

12 ± 3

2 ± 1

< 0.001

***

Topoke

7 ± 3

13 ± 3

2 ± 1

< 0.001

***

Ngando

19 ± 3

24 ± 4

2 ± 1

< 0.001

***

Ngelema

10 ± 3

12 ± 2

2 ± 1

< 0.001

***

Kumu

8 ± 2

11 ± 2

2 ± 1

< 0.001

***

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

> 0.05

  

Significance

***

***

NS

  
  1. The two last columns and lines indicate the p value and significance level of the Kruskal-Wallis test, respectively (NS no significant difference, ***very high significant difference)
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

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