The citizen science and ethnomycology of Aureoboletus projectellus – is a new invasive mushroom species being adopted and spread by mycophilous fungi gatherers in Poland?
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2025
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Aureoboletus projectellus is an American Boletaceae mushroom species that appeared on the shores of the Baltic Sea at the end of the 20th century. The mushroom was soon gathered by local communities, and fungi enthusiasts travelled from all over Poland to gather this new food item. The aim of our study was to investigate the spread of the invasive Aureoboletus projectellus and its use in mycophylic Poland through an interview-based ethnomycological survey (carried out in the field and online). We gathered 274 questionnaires, and recorded many new localities of the species inland, all over the country, far from the original sites of invasion along the Baltic Sea. We have not found any clear correlation between the origin of the collectors coming to hunt it by the Baltic Sea and its localities inland.
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Dane są wynikami wywiadów terenowych i kwestionariusza online dotyczącego zbieractwa złotoborowika wysmukłego
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ethomycology, fungi, grzyby, grzyby jadalne, invasive species
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This research was supported by the Minister of Science of the Republic of Poland under the Program ‘Regional initiative of excellence’. Agreement No. RID/SP/0010/2024/1, by the Institute of Dendrology Polish Academy of Sciences within statutory activity and by the Polish National Science Centre [grant no. DEC-2015/16/S/NZ9/00370 and DEC-2019/35/B/NZ8/01798].
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