Table 4 The questionnaire used for data collection from rural informants

i.

Who sells mushrooms, women or men?

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ii.

Age of the vendors (five age groups): < 18, 19–30, 31–40, 41–50, > 50

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iii.

The level of education (Illiterate, primary, middle, secondary, higher secondary and above)?

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iv.

Employment status (Govt. servant farmer and entrepreneur, housewife, and retired)?

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v.

Types of socio-economic data

Wild or cultivated edible mushroom species local people know?

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vi.

Which edible mushrooms have you collected?

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vii.

Which mushroom species have you sold?

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viii.

Which mushroom species have you used but not sold?

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ix.

The folk name of each mushroom species being sold?

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x.

Mushroom collected per season (kg)?

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xi.

Usage of gathered mushrooms (food, medicine, or income)?

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xii.

Learning ways of traditional knowledge about macro-fungi?

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xiii.

Basic marketing channels of wild and cultivated edible mushrooms?

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xiv.

Economic aspects of wild and cultivated edible mushrooms in the studied area?

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xv.

Methods of processing and preservation of mushrooms (freezing, sun drying, or salting)?

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Xvi.

Therapeutic uses of mushrooms in the traditional pharmacopeia of the region?

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