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Table 4 Nutritional value of some wild edible species used by P’urhépecha settlers

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

Speciesa

Nutritional composition (g/100 g dw)

Energy

Ash

Protein

Fat

CHOs

B. edulis

5.26 ± 0.44

10.65 ± 0.47

2.23 ± 0.02

81.86 ± 0.41

390.09 ± 1.32b

C. gibba

20.68 ± 0.15

14.59 ± 0.27

4.29 ± 0.00

60.45 ± 0.23

np

L. perlatum

3.62 ± 0.37

1.94 ± 0.18

0.05 ± 0.01

5.74 ± 1.87

31.18 ± 6.90c

R. flava

6.90 ± 0.33

14.47 ± 0.04

2.09 ± 0.12

np

np

R. brevipes

16.43 ± 0.42

31.63 ± 0.16

3.46 ± 0.01

40.81 ± 0.40

253.84 ± 0.11b

  1. asee complete names in Table 1, the energy (kcal/100 g) is calculated both on bdry weigh and cfresh weight bases. np = not provided, dw = dry weight. References: B. edulis [15],C. gibba [25],L. perlatum and R. flava [18] and R. brevipes [34]