Breaking the paradigms of residual categories and neglectable importance of non-used resources: the "vital" traditional knowledge of non-edible mushrooms and their substantive cultural significance

• Main Authors: Amaranta Ramírez-Terrazo (Author), E. Adriana Montoya (Author), Roberto Garibay-Orijel (Author), Javier Caballero-Nieto (Author), Alejandro Kong-Luz (Author), Claudia Méndez-Espinoza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction One of the main goals of ethnomycological studies has been understanding the role of wild edible mushrooms (WEM) in diverse cultures. To accomplish such a purpose, the local knowledge of WEM and their cultural importance have been evaluated and compared using qualitative and qu...