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Table 2 Cultural importance of the non-edible mushrooms present in 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

Scientific names

Local name (in Nahuatl, Spanish or both)

Mention frequency

Mention order

NM

% M

NVOM

ROV

MMO

Amanita muscaria

Cītlal-nanacatl ajonjolinado

65

71.43%

44 (1st place)

11 (2nd place)

3 (3rd place)

4 (4th place)

2 (5th place)

1 (7th place)

52.04

4.32

Neoboletus erythropus

Xerocomellus chrysenteron

Hongo-rado

Panté venenoso xo-tomāh rabia

59

64.83%

18 (1st place)

17 (2nd place)

9 (3rd place)

9 (4th place)

4 (5th place)

1 (6th place)

1 (15th place)

32.73

5.23

Suillus pseudobrevipes

S. tomentosus

Popozoh venenoso

Popozoh de veneno

24

26.37%

3 (1st place)

6 (2nd place)

7 (3rd place)

1 (4th place)

2 (5th place)

2 (6th place)

1 (7th place)

2 (8th place)

9.71

9.09

Clavulina sp. 1 y sp. 2

Ramaria abietina

R. gracilis

Escobeta de veneno

Xelhuāz Nanacatl de veneno

23

25.27%

1 (1st place)

3 (3rd place)

6 (4th place)

5 (5th place)

2 (6th place)

2 (7th place)

1 (8th place)

1 (9th place)

1 (12th place)

1 (14th place)

5.62

9.58

Lactarius mexicanus

Corneta de veneno,

Cuā-te-caxnanacatl de veneno

17

18.68%

3 (2nd place)

3 (3rd place)

6 (4th place)

1 (6th place)

2 (7th place)

1 (10th place)

1 (12th place)

4.64

9.75

Amanita aff. cinereoconia

A. xylinivolva

Lyophyllum sp. 2

Hongo blanco venenoso

Iztāc nanacatl de veneno

13

14.29

2 (2nd place)

2 (4th place)

3 (5th place)

3 (6th place)

2 (7th place)

1 (10th place)

2.99

10.24

Lactarius vinaceorufescens

Enchilado malo

Chīl-nanacatl de pitzō-nanacatl, Chīl-nanacatl de veneno

10

10.99

1 (1st place)

1 (3rd place)

3 (4th place)

1 (6th place)

2 (7th place)

1 (13th place)

1 (20th place)

2.66

10.42

  1. NM number of mentions, % M proportion of mention, NV OM number of times mentioned in each order of mention, OVR ordinal value of rank, MMO mean order of mention