“But how true that is, I do not know”: the influence of written sources on the medicinal use of fungi across the western borderlands of the former Soviet Union

“But how true that is, I do not know”: the influence of written sources on the medicinal use of fungi across the western borderlands of the former Soviet Union

Abstract Fungi have been used for medicinal purposes for many centuries. This study, based on 35 historical written sources and 581 in-depth semi-structured interviews from eight countries in the western borderlands of the former Soviet Union, investigates the medicinal use of fungi by local communi...

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Main Authors: Julia Prakofjewa, Matteo Sartori, Raivo Kalle, Łukasz Łuczaj, Małgorzata Karbarz, Giulia Mattalia, Povilas Šarka, Baiba Prūse, Nataliya Stryamets, Martin Anegg, Natalia Kuznetsova, Valeria Kolosova, Olga Belichenko, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Sõukand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-08-01
Series:IMA Fungus
Subjects:
Fungi
Eastern Europe
Medicinal fungi
Lichen
Historical ethnomycology
Knowledge circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-024-00156-7
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