Felipe Ruan-Soto
Biographic Data
| ID | 660663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felipe Ruan-Soto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felipe |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruan-Soto |
| SIGNATURE | RUAN-SOTO F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2476-027X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Decline of Divination Practices Using Psilocybe Mushrooms in the Chinantec Region of Oaxaca, Mexico
The elusive sustainability paradox: A critical review of transdisciplinary research integration
While transdisciplinary sustainability research increasingly emphasizes epistemological hybridization and participatory methodologies, the coherence between integrative discourse and actual research practices in sustainability-traditional knowledge intersections requires critical examination. A systematic review of 52 articles (1999–2023) from 35 countries was conducted, examining the intersections between the sustainability of indigenous/traditi…
Cultural Importance of Wild Mushrooms: A Comparative Analysis Between Wixaritari and Mestizo Communities Established in Different Types of Vegetation
Several methods have been proposed to quantify the cultural importance of plants, animals, and fungi, which can be influenced by sociocultural and ecological factors. To evaluate the relevance of wild mushroom species known by an Indigenous group and Mestizos, and to test whether ethnicity or the availability of mushroom species in different ecosystems influenced the importance of a species, we conducted free listing and semi-structured interview…
Determinants of cultural significance in consumed wild mammals: A case study from the Lacandon Forest, Mexico
Wild mammals have constituted a widely used source of protein for most of the world’s cultures. Although there is no consensus on why some mammal species are more important for people than others, evidence provided by the discipline of ethnozoology suggests that distinct cultures value species differently, probably based on motivations and interests relevant for each group. In this paper we analyze the factors involved in the valuation of wild ma…
Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: Insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico
BackgroundTraditional mycological knowledge (TMK) is complex, not distributed equally among the entire population, and constantly adapting to current social situations. There are sociocultural factors that could influence the fact that some people retain a greater wealth of knowledge, for instance, cultural affiliation, migration, occupation, level of schooling, and person's age.MethodsWe analyze the distribution of the TMK based on sociocultural…
The Primate Cultural Significance Index: Applications with Popoluca Indigenous people at Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve
Can cultural significance in plants be explained by domestication and usage spaces? A study case from a coffee producing community in Huila, Colombia
This study was aimed at delving into the relationship between botanical species with cultural significance and both the managed environments they inhabit (Coffee plantation, Forest, Garden, Orchard, Market) and their origin (Wild, Cultivated), as established by people from vereda Las Delicias, Colombia. We tested the hypothesis that cultivated plants from the coffee plantations would have the highest cultural significance. One hundred and ninety-…
Highly cultural significant edible and toxic mushrooms among the Tseltal from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
The concept of cultural significance and its quantitative evaluation are useful to recognize which mushroom species (both edible and toxic) are the most relevant within a specific community.This work lists the most culturally significant edible and toxic species for the Tseltal groups in the Highlands of Chiapas.It also evaluates whether the composition and significance of these are dissimilar between the different Tseltal communities, proving th…
Mycophilic degree among the Wixaritari and mestizos in Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico
The appreciation and taste towards mushrooms are influenced by sociocultural factors and ecological variables. This study evaluated the mycophilic degree among the Wixaritari and mestizo communities in a municipality in the north of Jalisco, settled in different types of vegetation, to determine if ecological and sociocultural factors influence the attitude towards the mushrooms. The Mycophilia-Mycophobia Index was evaluated in 10 communities in …
Local Knowledge and Economical Significance of Commercialized Wild Edible Mushrooms in the Markets of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
Sociodemographic differences in the cultural significance of edible and toxic mushrooms among Tsotsil towns in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
BACKGROUND: Mushrooms are important forest resources, mostly as food, despite the serious health threat posed by toxic species. In the Highlands of Chiapas, numerous wild mushroom intoxications have been registered. While Chiapas has been vastly studied from an ethnomycological perspective, no certainty exists as to how nomenclature systems differentiate edible and toxic species, which species are most culturally significant, and whether sociodem…
Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia)
BACKGROUND: In Colombia, ethnobotanical studies regarding plant cultural significance (CS) in tropical dry forests are scarce and mainly focused on the Caribbean region. Different authors have indicated that the plants with the most uses are those of greater cultural importance. Additionally, gender differences in knowledge and interest in natural resources has been widely recorded. This study evaluated the cultural significance of plants in the …
Cultural significance of wild mammals in mayan and mestizo communities of the Lacandon Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico
BACKGROUND: Several ethnobiology studies evaluate the cultural significance (CS) of plants and mushrooms. However, this is not the case for mammals. It is important to make studies of CS allowing the comparison of cultural groups because the value given to groups of organisms may be based on different criteria. Such information would be valuable for wildlife preservation plans. In this study, the most culturally significant species of mammals fro…
Knowledge and use of edible mushrooms in two municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico
BACKGROUND: The Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico is inhabited by indigenous Raramuris, mestizos, and other ethnic groups. The territory consists of canyons and ravines with pine, oak and pine-oak forests in the higher plateaus. A great diversity of potentially edible mushrooms is found in forests of the Municipalities of Bocoyna and Urique. Their residents are the only consumers of wild mushrooms in the Northern Mexico; the…
Evaluation of the degree of mycophilia-mycophobia among highland and lowland inhabitants from Chiapas, Mexico
Background Mushrooms generate strong and contrasting feelings ranging from extreme aversion to intense liking. To categorize these attitudes, Wasson and Wasson coined the dichotomic terms "mycophilia" and "mycophobia" in 1957. In Mesoamerica these categories have been associated to ecological regions. Highland peoples are viewed as mycophiles, whereas lowland inhabitants are considered mycophobes. However, this division is based on little empiric…
Process and dynamics of traditional selling wild edible mushrooms in tropical Mexico
Background More than twelve temperate-inhabitant Mexican ethnic groups are considered to be mycophilic and to have extensive traditional mycological knowledge. In contrast, inhabitants of tropical lands have been studied only superficially and their mycological knowledge is less well known. In this paper, we report the results of an ethnomycological research in markets of a wide area of the Mexican tropics. Our aims were to describe the dynamics …
Cultural significance of wild mammals in mayan and mestizo communities of the Lacandon Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico
BACKGROUND: Several ethnobiology studies evaluate the cultural significance (CS) of plants and mushrooms. However, this is not the case for mammals. It is important to make studies of CS allowing the comparison of cultural groups because the value given to groups of organisms may be based on different criteria. Such information would be valuable for wildlife preservation plans. In this study, the most culturally significant species of mammals fro…
Process and dynamics of traditional selling wild edible mushrooms in tropical Mexico
Background More than twelve temperate-inhabitant Mexican ethnic groups are considered to be mycophilic and to have extensive traditional mycological knowledge. In contrast, inhabitants of tropical lands have been studied only superficially and their mycological knowledge is less well known. In this paper, we report the results of an ethnomycological research in markets of a wide area of the Mexican tropics. Our aims were to describe the dynamics …
Knowledge and use of edible mushrooms in two municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico
BACKGROUND: The Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico is inhabited by indigenous Raramuris, mestizos, and other ethnic groups. The territory consists of canyons and ravines with pine, oak and pine-oak forests in the higher plateaus. A great diversity of potentially edible mushrooms is found in forests of the Municipalities of Bocoyna and Urique. Their residents are the only consumers of wild mushrooms in the Northern Mexico; the…
Evaluation of the degree of mycophilia-mycophobia among highland and lowland inhabitants from Chiapas, Mexico
Background Mushrooms generate strong and contrasting feelings ranging from extreme aversion to intense liking. To categorize these attitudes, Wasson and Wasson coined the dichotomic terms "mycophilia" and "mycophobia" in 1957. In Mesoamerica these categories have been associated to ecological regions. Highland peoples are viewed as mycophiles, whereas lowland inhabitants are considered mycophobes. However, this division is based on little empiric…
Sociodemographic differences in the cultural significance of edible and toxic mushrooms among Tsotsil towns in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
BACKGROUND: Mushrooms are important forest resources, mostly as food, despite the serious health threat posed by toxic species. In the Highlands of Chiapas, numerous wild mushroom intoxications have been registered. While Chiapas has been vastly studied from an ethnomycological perspective, no certainty exists as to how nomenclature systems differentiate edible and toxic species, which species are most culturally significant, and whether sociodem…
The Primate Cultural Significance Index: Applications with Popoluca Indigenous people at Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve
Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia)
BACKGROUND: In Colombia, ethnobotanical studies regarding plant cultural significance (CS) in tropical dry forests are scarce and mainly focused on the Caribbean region. Different authors have indicated that the plants with the most uses are those of greater cultural importance. Additionally, gender differences in knowledge and interest in natural resources has been widely recorded. This study evaluated the cultural significance of plants in the …
Highly cultural significant edible and toxic mushrooms among the Tseltal from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
The concept of cultural significance and its quantitative evaluation are useful to recognize which mushroom species (both edible and toxic) are the most relevant within a specific community.This work lists the most culturally significant edible and toxic species for the Tseltal groups in the Highlands of Chiapas.It also evaluates whether the composition and significance of these are dissimilar between the different Tseltal communities, proving th…
Mycophilic degree among the Wixaritari and mestizos in Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico
The appreciation and taste towards mushrooms are influenced by sociocultural factors and ecological variables. This study evaluated the mycophilic degree among the Wixaritari and mestizo communities in a municipality in the north of Jalisco, settled in different types of vegetation, to determine if ecological and sociocultural factors influence the attitude towards the mushrooms. The Mycophilia-Mycophobia Index was evaluated in 10 communities in …
Process and dynamics of traditional selling wild edible mushrooms in tropical Mexico
Background More than twelve temperate-inhabitant Mexican ethnic groups are considered to be mycophilic and to have extensive traditional mycological knowledge. In contrast, inhabitants of tropical lands have been studied only superficially and their mycological knowledge is less well known. In this paper, we report the results of an ethnomycological research in markets of a wide area of the Mexican tropics. Our aims were to describe the dynamics …
Evaluation of the degree of mycophilia-mycophobia among highland and lowland inhabitants from Chiapas, Mexico
Background Mushrooms generate strong and contrasting feelings ranging from extreme aversion to intense liking. To categorize these attitudes, Wasson and Wasson coined the dichotomic terms "mycophilia" and "mycophobia" in 1957. In Mesoamerica these categories have been associated to ecological regions. Highland peoples are viewed as mycophiles, whereas lowland inhabitants are considered mycophobes. However, this division is based on little empiric…
Knowledge and use of edible mushrooms in two municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico
BACKGROUND: The Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico is inhabited by indigenous Raramuris, mestizos, and other ethnic groups. The territory consists of canyons and ravines with pine, oak and pine-oak forests in the higher plateaus. A great diversity of potentially edible mushrooms is found in forests of the Municipalities of Bocoyna and Urique. Their residents are the only consumers of wild mushrooms in the Northern Mexico; the…
Cultural significance of wild mammals in mayan and mestizo communities of the Lacandon Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico
BACKGROUND: Several ethnobiology studies evaluate the cultural significance (CS) of plants and mushrooms. However, this is not the case for mammals. It is important to make studies of CS allowing the comparison of cultural groups because the value given to groups of organisms may be based on different criteria. Such information would be valuable for wildlife preservation plans. In this study, the most culturally significant species of mammals fro…
Sociodemographic differences in the cultural significance of edible and toxic mushrooms among Tsotsil towns in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
BACKGROUND: Mushrooms are important forest resources, mostly as food, despite the serious health threat posed by toxic species. In the Highlands of Chiapas, numerous wild mushroom intoxications have been registered. While Chiapas has been vastly studied from an ethnomycological perspective, no certainty exists as to how nomenclature systems differentiate edible and toxic species, which species are most culturally significant, and whether sociodem…
Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia)
BACKGROUND: In Colombia, ethnobotanical studies regarding plant cultural significance (CS) in tropical dry forests are scarce and mainly focused on the Caribbean region. Different authors have indicated that the plants with the most uses are those of greater cultural importance. Additionally, gender differences in knowledge and interest in natural resources has been widely recorded. This study evaluated the cultural significance of plants in the …
Local Knowledge and Economical Significance of Commercialized Wild Edible Mushrooms in the Markets of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
Highly cultural significant edible and toxic mushrooms among the Tseltal from the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
The concept of cultural significance and its quantitative evaluation are useful to recognize which mushroom species (both edible and toxic) are the most relevant within a specific community.This work lists the most culturally significant edible and toxic species for the Tseltal groups in the Highlands of Chiapas.It also evaluates whether the composition and significance of these are dissimilar between the different Tseltal communities, proving th…
Mycophilic degree among the Wixaritari and mestizos in Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico
The appreciation and taste towards mushrooms are influenced by sociocultural factors and ecological variables. This study evaluated the mycophilic degree among the Wixaritari and mestizo communities in a municipality in the north of Jalisco, settled in different types of vegetation, to determine if ecological and sociocultural factors influence the attitude towards the mushrooms. The Mycophilia-Mycophobia Index was evaluated in 10 communities in …
The Primate Cultural Significance Index: Applications with Popoluca Indigenous people at Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve
Can cultural significance in plants be explained by domestication and usage spaces? A study case from a coffee producing community in Huila, Colombia
This study was aimed at delving into the relationship between botanical species with cultural significance and both the managed environments they inhabit (Coffee plantation, Forest, Garden, Orchard, Market) and their origin (Wild, Cultivated), as established by people from vereda Las Delicias, Colombia. We tested the hypothesis that cultivated plants from the coffee plantations would have the highest cultural significance. One hundred and ninety-…
Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: Insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico
BackgroundTraditional mycological knowledge (TMK) is complex, not distributed equally among the entire population, and constantly adapting to current social situations. There are sociocultural factors that could influence the fact that some people retain a greater wealth of knowledge, for instance, cultural affiliation, migration, occupation, level of schooling, and person's age.MethodsWe analyze the distribution of the TMK based on sociocultural…
Cultural Importance of Wild Mushrooms: A Comparative Analysis Between Wixaritari and Mestizo Communities Established in Different Types of Vegetation
Several methods have been proposed to quantify the cultural importance of plants, animals, and fungi, which can be influenced by sociocultural and ecological factors. To evaluate the relevance of wild mushroom species known by an Indigenous group and Mestizos, and to test whether ethnicity or the availability of mushroom species in different ecosystems influenced the importance of a species, we conducted free listing and semi-structured interview…
Determinants of cultural significance in consumed wild mammals: A case study from the Lacandon Forest, Mexico
Wild mammals have constituted a widely used source of protein for most of the world’s cultures. Although there is no consensus on why some mammal species are more important for people than others, evidence provided by the discipline of ethnozoology suggests that distinct cultures value species differently, probably based on motivations and interests relevant for each group. In this paper we analyze the factors involved in the valuation of wild ma…
Decline of Divination Practices Using Psilocybe Mushrooms in the Chinantec Region of Oaxaca, Mexico
The elusive sustainability paradox: A critical review of transdisciplinary research integration
While transdisciplinary sustainability research increasingly emphasizes epistemological hybridization and participatory methodologies, the coherence between integrative discourse and actual research practices in sustainability-traditional knowledge intersections requires critical examination. A systematic review of 52 articles (1999–2023) from 35 countries was conducted, examining the intersections between the sustainability of indigenous/traditi…
Geography (13 works) · Biology (12 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (8 works) · Fungal Biology and Applications (7 works) · Indigenous (7 works) · Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Biodiversity (6 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (6 works)