Echinodontium tinctorium
| Echinodontium tinctorium | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Echinodontiaceae |
| Genus: | Echinodontium |
| Species: | E. tinctorium |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinodontium tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh. (1900) [as tinctorius] | |
| Synonyms | |
Echinodontium tinctorium is a species of fungus in the family Echinodontiaceae. A plant pathogen, it is commonly known as the Indian paint fungus.
Some Plateau Indian tribes applied it to skin to prevent it from chapping.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
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