Una iglesia dedicada al culto de un hongo, "Nuestro Señor del Honguito" en Chignahuapan, Puebla
Giovanni Guzmán, Roger G. Wasson, Teófilo Herrera
Revista mexicana de micología 1975 DOI: 10.33885/sf.1975.2.450 (opens in new tab)
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| Key findings | Describes a church in Chignahuapan, Puebla, built for the cult of the fungus Ganoderma lobatum, used as the principal bread in worship; the authors suspect hallucinogenic fungi may also be used in the region's northeast given suitable ecological conditions. The church's 'honguito' was found in a nearby forest last century and bears a sketch of a Christ with sun and moon and a partly visible '80'. |
Abstract
An elhnologkal and mycological study of the Chignahuapan región (Stateof Puebla) is presentecl. In this región diere is a church where a fungus isthe principal pan in the cult. This church was built specially for this cult.The l'ungus is Ganoderma lobnlum (Schw.) Atk., lignicole species remoteIrom the hallucinogenic fungí. However, the authors of this paper have thesuspicion oí the use of the hallucinogenic fungi in the NE of the región oíChignahuapan, because in that región there are ecological conditions for thegrowth of hallucinogenic fungi. The "honguito" that is the ñame of the fungusof the church, was found in a forest near Chignahuapan in the last Century.The fungus carries on its face an arresting sketch where a Christ with a sunand nioon is shown, and the number "80" is more or less evident.