Biology:Echinodontium tinctorium
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Short description: Species of fungus
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| Echinodontium tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. (1900) [as tinctorius]
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Echinodontium tinctorium is a species of fungus in the family Echinodontiaceae. A plant pathogen, it is commonly known as the Indian paint fungus. Found on tree species such as grand fir (and indicating a rotten core), it can be identified by the grayish spines of its lower surface.[1]
Native Americans used the red interior as a pigment.[1] Some Plateau Indian tribes applied the fungus to skin to prevent it from chapping.[2] It is inedible.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arno, Stephen F.; Hammerly, Ramona P. (2020) (in en). Northwest Trees: Identifying & Understanding the Region's Native Trees (field guide ed.). Seattle: Mountaineers Books. pp. 133-134. ISBN 1-68051-329-X. OCLC 1141235469. https://books.google.com/books?id=qDD4DwAAQBAJ.
- ↑ Hunn, Eugene S. (1990). Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land. University of Washington Press. p. 353. ISBN 0-295-97119-3.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5332475 entry
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