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Table 1 List of names in P’urhépecha and taxonomic identities of wild mushrooms species

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

Scientific name

P’urhépecha name

Common Spanish names (literal English translation)

Amanita basii Guzmán & Ram.-Guill

Cucuchikua

Amarillos, yemitas, pan amarillo (Yellow ones)

Amanita bisporigera G.F.Atk. (toxic)

Cucuchikua jeramba

Hongo loco (Mad fungi)

Amanita fulva s.l. Fr

Cucuchikua

Señoritas (Little ladies)

Boletus edulis s.l. Bull

Panaterekua

Panadero, pancitas, cemitas (Bread mushroom)

Clitocybe gibba (Pers.) P. Kumm

Tiquinche

Montoncitos (Tiny piles)

Gymnopus confluens (Pers.) Antonín, Halling & Noordel

Paxakua

Montoncitos, uachitas (Tiny piles)

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill

Paxakua

Montoncitos, uachitas (Tiny piles)

Helvella crispa (Scop.) Fr

Sirat angantsi

Orejas de ratón, orejitas (Mouse ears)

Helvella lacunosa Afzel

Sirat angantsi

Orejas de ratón, orejitas (Mouse ears)

Hypholoma fasciculare (Huds.) P. Kumm. (toxic)

Paxakua jeramba

Hongo loco (Mad fungi)

Hypomyces lactifluorum (Schwein.) Tul. & C. Tul

Charhamasi

Trompa de puerco, trompitas (Pork snout)

Lycoperdon perlatum Pers

Tataratsikua

Trompita de venado (Deer snour)

Lyophyllum decastes s.l. (Fr.) Singer

Paxakua

Montoncitos, uachitas (Tiny piles)

Ramaria flava s.l. (Schaeff.) Quél

Kuinit antsiri

Patas de pájaro, escobetillas (Bird feet)

Russula brevipes Peck

Xalama

Trompa blanca (White snout)

Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda

Shidiqui or Tsentique

Huitlacoche, cuitlacoche, hongo de milpa (Crop fungi)

  1. Note English translation is literal from the common name and not from the names used by English speakers