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Ethnomycological knowledge of tea tribe and indigenous communities of Upper Assam, India

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Title Ethnomycological knowledge of tea tribe and indigenous communities of Upper Assam, India
 
Creator Gogoi, Girish
Parkash, Vipin
 
Subject Consumable mushroom
Ethnic groups
Hallucinogenic mushrooms
Indigenous knowledge
Traditional medicine
 
Description 674-681
A massive survey was done from April to October 2015 in Jorhat and Tinsukia districts of upper Assam for collection and identification of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms used by the rural people and tea tribes. Older adults are experts in the identification of consumable mushrooms found in wild condition by using indigenous knowledge. Mushroom poisoning is common all over the world and the Upper Assam area is also not exceptional. A total of 41 wild edible mushroom species belonging to 24 genera, 17 families, 8 orders and 3 classes were identified. The rural people and tea tribes of the study site mostly consume 12 species out of the 41 species of identified wild edible mushrooms. The tea tribe and other indigenous people living in interior villages are economically very weak and consume the wild edible mushrooms as a substitute of meat, due to taste and easy availability in the spring and summer season. Moreover, 8 wild mushroom species having importance as traditional medicine were identified.
 
Date 2023-09-29T11:05:07Z
2023-09-29T11:05:07Z
2023-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Int Cl.23: A23K 10/30, A23L 3/00, A23L 5/00, A23L 31/00, A61K 36/00
0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62625
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v22i3.5758
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.22(3) [July 2023]