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

Table 7 Coefficients of linear discriminants of the 11 indicators used to evaluate the ethnomycological knowledge in Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, and Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico

	Discriminant value
	LD1	LD2
Named mushroom species	0.148	− 0.120
Recognized species of mushrooms	0.004	− 0.076
Taxonomic finesse	− 0.421	− 0.895
Phenological knowledge about mushrooms	0.033	0.086
Ethnoecological knowledge about mushrooms	− 0.028	− 1.012
Knowledge about edible mushrooms	0.229	0.420
Recipes	− 0.085	0.284
Preservation methods	0.485	− 0.688
Knowledge of the nutritional contribution	− 0.564	0.626
Uses of wild mushrooms	0.138	− 0.053
Propagation methods	− 0.988	− 0.076
Knowledge about toxic mushrooms	0.552	0.077

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