Echinodontium tinctorium | |
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Species: | E. tinctorium
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Echinodontium tinctorium | |
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Echinodontium tinctorium, commonly known as the Indian paint fungus or toothed conk, [1] is a species of fungus in the family Echinodontiaceae. It is a plant pathogen. 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. [2]
Native Americans used the red interior as a pigment. [2] Some Plateau Indian tribes applied the fungus to skin to prevent it from chapping. [3] It is inedible. [4]
Echinodontium tinctorium | |
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Teeth on hymenium | |
No distinct cap | |
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
Lacks a stipe | |
Spore print is white | |
Ecology is parasitic | |
Edibility is inedible |
Echinodontium tinctorium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Division: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | E. tinctorium
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Binomial name | |
Echinodontium tinctorium | |
Synonyms | |
Echinodontium tinctorium, commonly known as the Indian paint fungus or toothed conk, [1] is a species of fungus in the family Echinodontiaceae. It is a plant pathogen. 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. [2]
Native Americans used the red interior as a pigment. [2] Some Plateau Indian tribes applied the fungus to skin to prevent it from chapping. [3] It is inedible. [4]
Echinodontium tinctorium | |
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Teeth on hymenium | |
No distinct cap | |
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
Lacks a stipe | |
Spore print is white | |
Ecology is parasitic | |
Edibility is inedible |