Ethnomycology depends primarily on philology, and one of the major debates among ethnomycologists is how structural Linguistics may impact the information systems field.
Besides mycological determination in the field, ethnomycology depends to a large extent on anthropology and philology. One of the major debates among ethnomycologists is Wasson's theory that the Soma mentioned in the Rigveda of the Indo-Aryans was the Amanita muscaria mushroom. 
