Use and handling of wild fungi in two communities of the Lacandona Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2009.3.1047Keywords:
ethnomycology, ethnobiology, edible mushrooms, local mycological knowledgeAbstract
In Chiapas, at the south of Mexico, have been developed some studies about the
relation between mushrooms and the mayan people. However, the way that people in the
Lacandona Rainforest are related with the mushrooms, their local mycological knowledge,
and the mushroom´s uses, are points that have been given little attention. In this paper we
focus on describing and analyzing aspects related with the mushroom´s uses and cultural
practices in Playon de la Gloria (PG), a recent mestizo community, and Lacanja-Chansayab
(LC), a lacandon community whose ancestors have at least 300 years living in the forest.
Through a qualitative approach, we constructed a ethnomycography through different
techniques like participant observation, ethnomycological forays and interviews with several
informants. In both communities, although they have different histories, have as many
similarities as: the number and the composition of edible species (10 in PG, 11 in LC) the vast
majority of them are lignicolous; consumption is occasional, there is a total absence of
accidental poisoning, and in general, similar patterns of resource management.
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