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Table 4 Cultural importance index (CI) for WEM of Jammu

From: Ethnomycological study of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms in district Jammu, J&K (UT), India

Name of the WEM

CIcul

CImed

CIgas

CItotal

Agaricus californicus Peck

0.28

0.05

0.03

0.36

Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quel

0.05

0.02

–

0.06

Calvatia bovista (L.) Pers

0.16

0.06

0.02

0.24

Coprinellus micaceus (Bull.) Fr

0.07

0.02

–

0.08

Geastrum saccatum Fr

0.10

0.03

–

0.13

Lepiota procera (Scop.) Gray

0.07

0.03

–

0.10

Leucoagaricus rhodocephalus (Berk.) Pegler

0.24

0.06

–

0.30

Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers

0.07

0.04

–

0.11

Podaxis pistillaris (L.) Fr

0.22

0.04

–

0.26

Termitomyces clypeatus R. Heim

0.38

0.05

0.01

0.44

Termitomyces eurrhizus (Berk.) R. Heim

0.26

0.06

–

0.31

Termitomyces heimii Natarajan

0.43

0.05

–

0.48

Termitomyces sp.

0.45

0.13

–

0.57

Termitomyces striatus var. annulatus R. Heim

0.34

0.05

–

0.39

  1. CIcul, CImed, and CIgas is cultural importance index of culinary, medicinal, and gastrointestinal disorders, respectively