1976/01/01 by Oswaldo Fidalgo, Ghillean T. Prance, Ghillean Τ. Prance · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods #Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions #Culinary Culture and Tourism
paper · doi:10.1080/00275514.1976.12019902
published until Prance (1972, 1973) reported that the Y,nomamo Indians, unlike the majority of Indian tribes, used fungi extensively in their diet. This fact was discovered by Prance in 1971, when he was visiting several Indian villages in the northwest of the Territory of Roraima, Brazil. Initially, he found that the Waika tribe in that area was using four species of fungi as food. The four species identified and recognized were: Favolus brasiliensis (Fr.) Fr., Favolus tesselatus Mont., Polyporus stipitarius Berk. & Curt. and Neoclitocybe bissiseda (Bres.) Sing. At that time a village of the Sanama group (of the Y4nomamo tribe) was also visited by Prance, and he heard that these Indians recognized and ate a large number of fungi. In order to confirm this and to make scientific collections and identifi