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Table 1 Nomenclature for non-edible mushroom ethnotaxa in the studied communities in Tlaxcala, Mexico

From: Breaking the paradigms of residual categories and neglectable importance of non-used resources: the “vital” traditional knowledge of non-edible mushrooms and their substantive cultural significance

Ethnotaxon (names in Spanish, Nahuatl or both)

Scientific name

Francisco Javier Mina

San Isidro Buensuceso

Ajonjolinado

Cītlal-nanacatl

Literal translation: star mushroom

Idiomatic translation: star mushroom

Amanita muscaria

Amantecado venenoso

Tōtol-te-nanacatl de veneno

Literal translation: Turkey-rock-mushroom

Idiomatic translation: poisonous turkey egg mushroom

A. augusta

Amargo/amargoso

I-tlatla in caylita

Literal translation: her-double-of-caylita

Idiomatic translation: caylita’s twin

Tricholoma virgatum

Enchilado malo

Chīl-nanacatl pitzō-nanacatl

Literal translation: chili/red-mushroom rabies

Idiomatic translation: pepper mushroom/red rabies mushroom

Lactarius luculentus

L. vinaceorufescens

Clavo/clavito malo

Unknown

Hygrocybe sp. 1

Lyophyllum sp. 2

Corneta de veneno

Tlapītzal de veneno/ Tlapītzal venenoso/Tlapītzal malo

Literal translation: (article) trumpet

Idiomatic translation: poison/bad trumpet mushroom

Phellodon niger

Sarcodon sp. 1

Corneta de veneno/corneta venenosa-que no se come

Cuā-te-caxnanacatl de veneno/Cuā-te-caxnanacatl malo/Cuā-te-caxnanacatl que no se come

Literal translation: head-rock-mortar-mushroom

Idiomatic translation: poison/bad/inedible stone mortar (molcajete) mushroom

Lactarius mexicanus L. smithii

Russula densifolia

Escobeta de veneno/escobeta venenosa-mala

Xelhuāz nanacatl de veneno/Xelhuāz nanacatl malo

Literal translation: (article) fork mushroom

Idiomatic translation: poison/bad fork mushroom

Clavulina sp. 1

Clavulina sp. 2

Ramaria abietina

Ramaria gracilis

Unknown

Esquilon-nā-nanacatl de veneno

Literal translation: bell-duplication-mushroom

Idiomatic translation: poison bell mushroom

Clitocybe odora

Hongo de los palos podridos de veneno

Unknown

Agrocybe sp. 1

Poliporoide sp. 1

Trametes sp. 1

Paloma

Unknown

Russula sancti-pauli

Pancita venenosa

Popozoh de veneno/Popozoh venenoso/Popozoh malo/Popozoh que no se come/Popozoh-rabia

Literal translation: foam/venom

Idiomatic translation: poisonous foam

Suillus pseudobrevipes Suillus tomentosus

Pante de veneno

Pante morado

Xo-tomāh de rabia, veneno, mal

Xo-tomāh rabia

Literal translation: foot-fat

Idiomatic translation: poisonous fat foot

Baorangia aff. bicolor

Neoboletus erythrophus

Boletus sp. 1

Boletus sp. 2

Xerocomellus chrysenteron

Tecozah cimarrón

Tecozah de veneno/ Tecozah venenosa

Tlapaltecozah de veneno

Te-cōzah de pitzō-nanacatl /

veneno/malo

Literal translation: rock-yello rabies

Idiomatic translation: rabitic yellow stone mushroom

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Unknown

Xocoyolitlnanacatl malo, de veneno

Literal translation: azadera mushroom

Idiomatic translation:

bad yerba azadera mushroom

Cortinarius sp. 6

Unknown

Xōlētl de veneno

Literal translation: type of mushroom

Idiomatic translation:

poisonous mushroom type

Cortinarius sp. 1; Gymnopus dryophilus

Hygrocybe sp. 1

Leucopaxillus sp. 1

Lyophyllum decastes group

Lyophyllum sp. 2

Pholiota sp. 1

Psathyrella sp. 1