Our Lust of Species Acknowledged as Responsible 
for homugl tai and ndaadl 
Name Action on men: M Sctentific Name 
on women: W 
1. Nonda ngam-ngam M -W Boletus (Tubiporus) Reayi 
Heim 
2. Nondangamp-kindj kants M — W Boletus ( Tubiporus) 
kumaeus Heim 
38. Nonda gegwants ngimbigl M — W Boletus (Tubiporus) mani- 
cus Heim 
4. Nonda kermaipip M —- W Boletus ( Tubiporus) niger- 
rimus Heim 
5. Nonda tua-rua M - W Boletus ( Tubiporus) nigro- 
violaceus Heim 
6. Nonda mosh (ambugl mosh W Russula cf. delica Fr. 
7. Nonda mbolbe (mborr/lbé) M - W Heimiella angutformis 
Heim 
The definition of the six new species in the above list 
appeared in the Revue de Mycologie, Dec. 15, 1968, Vol. 
XXVILI, Fase. 3-4. 
CONCLUSIONS 
1. The manifestations of ‘mushroom madness’ (or 
komugl tai and ndaadl in the native language Yuwi) that 
have often frightened Europeans in the Wahgi Valley 
must be viewed as part of a larger event in the life of the 
native community, and to which every native is a party. 
This phenomenon extends beyond the Wahgi Valley to 
neighboring communities, in at least one instance belong- 
ing toa distinct linguistic family. We are persuaded that 
in the behavior of these natives there is room for a most 
of mushrooms from Miss Marie Reay gathered on her recent trip to the 
Middle cof Wahgi at the end of February 1964, and forwarded to us 
by Miss Dorothy Shaw, along with notes that are highly pertinent. 
The problem of the species of Rossula in the mosh group is discussed 
in Heim’s descriptive article recently published in Cahiers du Pacifi- 
que, No. 7 (March 1965). 
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