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Edible wild mushrooms of the Cofre de Perote region, Veracruz, Mexico: An ethnomycological study of common names and uses

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A field study in the Cofre de Perote region found that edible mushrooms play an important role in the socio-economics activities of the local population. Several very old common names indicate a long-standing traditional knowledge about this regional resource. Recent changes in marketing mushrooms are evident.

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Una investigación en la región del Cofre de Perote sobre los hongos silvestres útiles y comestibles se llevó a cabo durante el curso de micología por los estudiantes y profesores y encontre que los hongos comestibles en la región juegan un papel socio-económico importante en las actividades de la población local, varios nombres locales muy viejos indican que tan antiguo es el conocimiento sobre este recurso en este lugar. Cambios recientes en el mercado de los hongos evidentes.

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  1. University of Notre Dame, USA

    Mary Claire Jarvis

  2. School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, 49931-1295, Houghton, MI

    Ann Marie Miller, Jamie Sheahan, Kerry Ploetz & Jeff Ploetz

  3. University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, KY

    Robyn Ready Watson

  4. Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Veracruzana, México

    Mario Palma Ruiz & Carlos Andres Pascario Villapan

  5. Instituto de Genetica Forestal, Universidad Veracruzana, México

    Juventino Garc/’ia Alvarado & Armando López Ramírez

  6. School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, 49931-1295, Houghton, MI

    Blair Orr

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Jarvis, M.C., Miller, A.M., Sheahan, J. et al. Edible wild mushrooms of the Cofre de Perote region, Veracruz, Mexico: An ethnomycological study of common names and uses. Econ Bot 58 (Suppl 1), S111–S115 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)58[S111:EWMOTC]2.0.CO;2

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