Ethnomycology: Myths and traditions around mushrooms
Mushrooms used by humans with various ways. Especially once, that didn’t exist the modern way of life, they had many application in popular medicine. They had been valuable food, collected from ancient time, wherefrom exist written evidence for their use and value. Many people have tradition in collecting wild species. Others, through the characteristic of some mushroom, they glorify them and used them in rituals. Many of the species that had been used are coming from prairies. The mushrooms need to induct in the lives of modern people as value and healthy food.
Laboratory of Rangeland Ecology (286), School Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, e-mail: kzoumi@for.auth.gr
Keywords:macromycetes, medicinal properties, civilization, mythology
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Book:RANGE SCIENCE AND LIFE QUALITY - Proceedings of the 7th Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Xanthi, 14-16 October 2010 (Edited by: Anna Sidiropoulou, Konstantinos Mantzanas, Ioannis Ispikoudis)