Fungi are one of the most diverse groups worldwide (Tedersoo et al. 2014), playing a key role in the ecosystem functioning. Their relevance is not exclusively restricted to their ecological role, but also to the economic potential mainly as a food source of their fruit bodies. Wild forest mushrooms are among the most important non-timber forest products and they have been collected and used by humans worldwide for thousands of years. They have been valued as food, traditional source of natural bioactive compounds, medicine, tinder, handicrafts, cloths, ritual praxis, spiritual enlightenment, recreation and a number of other purposes ranging from insecticides to soil fertilizers (Wu et al. 2016; Yamin-Pasternak 2011; Peintner and Pöder 2000). Archaeological findings also suggest that mushrooms have been used in religious ceremonies in many ancient cultures. [...]