Table 2 Indicators and questions of the semi-structured interviews proposed to evaluate the ethnomycological knowledge in Tlaltenango, Zacatecas and Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico

1. Named mushroom species in Wixarika or Spanish

What mushrooms do you know?

0–X

[2, 8, 31, 55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64]

2. Mushroom recognized species

In this photograph, which mushrooms do you recognize?

0–30

[8, 60, 65, 66]

3. Taxonomic finesse (knowledge about the morphological characteristics that help people to differentiate ethnotaxa)

How do you recognize an edible mushroom from a toxic one?

0–2

[25, 35]

4. Phenological knowledge about mushrooms

When does the sp_n grow?

0–2

[41, 58, 61, 67,68,69]

5. Ethnoecological knowledge about mushrooms (function of mushrooms in ecosystems, what it grows on, where it grows, and plant association)

Where does the sp_n grow?

0–2

[58, 61, 63, 70,71,72,73]

6. Knowledge about edible mushrooms

Which edible mushrooms do you know?

0–X

[17, 18, 61, 74,75,76]

7. Recipes and cooking methods

How do you cook the sp_n?

0–2

[41, 58, 77]

8. Preservation methods

Do you keep mushrooms to eat in the dry season? How?

0–2

[17, 18, 58, 78, 79]

9. Knowledge of the nutritional contribution

What properties do mushrooms have as food?

0–2

[46, 80,81,82]

10. Uses of wild mushrooms

What are mushrooms for?

0–2

[17, 18, 41, 58, 61, 83, 84]

11. Propagation or promotion (techniques used to promote the growth of wild mushrooms)

Can you do something to get more mushrooms?

0–2

[18, 58, 85,86,87,88,89]

12. Knowledge about toxic mushrooms

Which toxic mushrooms do you know?

0–X

[18, 41, 49, 61, 90,91,92,93]