TITLE:
Variation of the Consumption of Mushrooms by Pygmies and Bantus in the North of Gabon
AUTHORS:
Hugues Calixte Eyi Ndong, Steeve Mounguengui, Christiane Attéké, Geraldine Obone Ndong
KEYWORDS:
Pygmies, Bantus, Mushrooms, Gabon
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Microbiology,
Vol.4 No.16,
December
17,
2014
ABSTRACT: A comparative study of the number of taxa and fungal biomass consumed by the Pygmies and the Bantus of Gabon has been realized in two Gabon north regions (Ogooue-Ivindo and the Woleu-Ntem). This study has allowed not only to establish the list of consumed fungal sorts by those populations, but also to estimate the daily consumed fungal biomasses by each ethnical group. The study has revealed a significant difference between a numbers of taxa and the quantity of mushrooms consumed by various ethnical groups: the Pygmies of the area who live especially by hunting and fishing consumed 96% of the recorded taxa with some high mushrooms quantities (around 3 kg/day/family); the Bantus who live nearby Pygmies also consumed some high mushrooms quantities (around 2 kg/day/family) but a low taxa number (56% of taxa counted by the Fang; 69% by the Kota; 39% by the Kwele); on the other hand, the Bantus living nearest the Pygmies consumed a high taxa number as much as Pygmies (around 90% of taxa counted) but eat a lower mushrooms quantities than theirs distant congeners Pygmies (around 800 g/day/family).