Wild mushroom consumption in the P’urhépecha Plateau at Michoacán, México: social, ethnomycological and nutritional issues

• Published in: Journal of Ethnic Foods Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Torres-Gómez, Mariano, Gómez-Peralta, Marlene, Vázquez-Marrufo, Gerardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam BioMed Central 01.12.2023; BMC
• Subjects: Climate change; Community; Cooking; Extraction; Food; Forests; Fungi; Gender roles; Knowledge; Lakes; Land tenure; Morphology; Mushroom recipes; Mushrooms; Nutritional value; Popular mushroom names; Rural areas; Settlers; Terminology; Traditional knowledge; Wild edible mushrooms; Asia; Mexico

Abstract Among Mesoamerican cultures, P’urhépecha settlers inhabiting Michoacán State in Central Mexico preserve ancestral tradition on mushrooms eating. Most mycological knowledge available for this ethnical group has been addressed in the Pátzcuaro’s Lake zone, whereas P’urhépecha communities in o...