Collection and use of wild edible fungi in Nepal

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Christensen, Morten ^a   Bhattarai, Sanjeeb ^b   Devkota, Shiva ^c   Larsen, Helle O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c SAFE Concern   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Livelihoods; Mushrooms; NTFP; South Asia

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 46349101031     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-007-9000-9     Document Type: Article

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