The grace of the flood: Classification and use of wild mushrooms among the highland Maya of Chiapas

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-470

  Shepard Jr , Glenn H ^a   Arora, David ^b   Lampman, Aaron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amanita; Chiapas; Ethnomycology; Folk classification; Mexico; Tzeltal Maya; Tzotzil Maya; Wild edible fungi

Indexed keywords

AMANITA; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 57049145290     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9044-5     Document Type: Article

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