Table 4.
Preference ranking of eight edible mushroom species consumed in in Kilum-Ijim forest, North West Region, Cameroon
| Mushroom species | Respondents | Score | Rank | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Termitomyces striatus | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 4th |
| Termitomyces sp.1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 1st |
| Polyporus tenuiculus | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 8th |
| Termitomyces microcarpus | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 2nd |
| Auricularia polytricha | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 5th |
| Laetiporus sulphureus | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 6th |
| Polyporus dictyopus | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 7th |
| Termitomyces sp. 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 3rd |