Mycophilic or mycophobic? Legislation and guidelines on wild mushroom commerce reveal different consumption behaviour in European countries.

Mycophiles forage for and pick vast quantities of a wide variety of wild mushroom species.As a result, mushroom intoxications are comparatively frequent in such countries with mycophiles.Thus, national governments are forced to release guidelines or enact legislation in order to ensure the safe commerce of wild mushrooms due to food safety concerns

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A Quantitative Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used by the Locals in Camiguin Island, Calayan, Cagayan, Philippines

Traditional knowledge concerning plant utilization in the Philippines is common but is largely underappreciated.Assessment of plant resources by groups of people helps promote valorization of cultural heritage.However, particularly in the Camiguin Is-landof the North, Cagayan (not to be confused with the island province of Camiguin in Mindanao), th

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