%0 Journal Article %A Sommerkamp, Yvonne %A Paz, Ana Margarita %A Guzmán, Gastón %D 2016 %I Begell House %K medicinal mushrooms, Central America, edible fungi, strains, traditions %N 1 %P 9-12 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i1.20 %T Medicinal Mushrooms in Guatemala %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,33df00905b660ea5,70c30ae7737143df.html %V 18 %X Guatemala, located in Central America, has a long and rich history in the traditional use of edible, medicinal, and hallucinogenic mushrooms. This article describes the use of these mushrooms and presents studies on the scientific validation of native and foreign species. %8 2016-03-09