Table 1.

Answers categorization and values for the cultural significance sub Indexes

Sub index	Answer	Value
PAI	A	0
	B	2.5
	C	5
	D	7.5
	E	10
FUI	Never	0
	Not every year	2.5
	Every year once	5
	2–3 times a year	7.5
	4 or more a year	10
TSAI	A	0
	B	3.33
	C	6.67
	D	10
MFFI	Do not know	0
	Always mixed in a stew with other mushrooms and meat: "amarillito con carne y hongos"	2.5
	In a stew not as its principal element, mixed with mushrooms, not with meat: "amarillito con hongos"	5
	As the principal element of a stew: pie, "quesadillas", mushrooms soup	7.5
	Cooked alone not in stew: roast, fried in butter	9
	If it is eaten raw or conserved for future consumption	+1
KTI	New use, discovered by itself	0
	An immigrant (near town, other Mexican state, foreigner)	2.5
	Some town people, not blood parent (husband, friend, job partner)	5
	Father or mother, and he/she did not teach it to he's sons	7.5
	Three or more generations involved (grand fathers, fathers, he/she, sons)	10
HI	He/she do not eat it because can be confused with a toxic one	0
	He/she had eat it but with ill consequences	3.33
	He/she eat it with confidence, and it is healthy	6.67
	He/she eat it because it is good to health (give strong, mind power, reconstituent, medicine)	10
EI	He/she do not sell or buy it	0
	He/she have sell or buy it occasionally at low prices	3.33
	He/she have sell or buy it regularly	6.67
	He/she have sell or buy it at high prices	10

PAI: Perceived Abundance Index; FUI: Frequency of Use Index; TSAI: Taste Score

Appreciation Index; MFFI: Multifunctional Food Index; KTI: Knowledge Transmission Index; HI: Health

Index; EI: Economic Index.