Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico

Table 4 Eigenvectors of the indicators used in the ethnomycological knowledge evaluation in Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, and Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico

Indicator	Principal components
Indicator	1	2	3
Named mushroom species	0.372	− 0.285	0.011
Recognized species of mushrooms	0.344	− 0.178	− 0.064
Taxonomic finesse	0.221	0.405	− 0.270
Phenological knowledge about mushrooms	0.294	0.259	− 0.359
Ethnoecological knowledge about mushrooms	0.270	0.314	− 0.379
Knowledge about edible mushrooms	0.375	− 0.276	− 0.001
Recipes	0.267	0.098	− 0.015
Preservation methods	0.229	− 0.091	0.444
Knowledge of the nutritional contribution	0.167	0.551	0.439
Uses of wild mushrooms	0.206	0.229	0.505
Propagation	0.262	− 0.051	0.049
Knowledge about toxic mushrooms	0.354	− 0.319	− 0.001

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