Wild Edible Mushrooms with medicinal use in the State of Mexico

Abstract

Objective: To identify wild edible mushrooms with medicinal use in the State of Mexico.

Design/methodology/approximation: From the bibliographic review of local ethnomicological inventories, visits to weekly markets, semi-structured interviews to mushrooms sellers, and the collection and their taxonomic determination; information was obtained on aspects of nomenclature, local knowledge and cultural importance of mushrooms with medicinal use in the state of Mexico.

Results: A list of 36 species of wild edible mushrooms with medicinal use was obtained, which are used in 11 categories, mainly in diseases of digestive and circulatory systems.

Limitations/implications: This is a descriptive and exploratory investigation of edible mushrooms with medicinal use; therefore, it is necessary to incorporate more empirical and scientific evidence provided by other similar cases.Findings/conclusions: Limited knowledge of fungal species with medicinal use is presented, which implies that it is an underutilized resource by its inhabitants. Lycoperdon perlatum and Lactarius indigo were mentioned with the greatest number of medicinal uses.