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Echinodontium tinctorium

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Echinodontium tinctorium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Fomes tinctorius Ellis & Everh. (1895)
  • Hydnum tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Lloyd (1898)
  • Scindalma tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Hydnofomes tinctorius (Ellis & Everh.) Lloyd (1920)
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, 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).[2]

Description

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Growing to 8–20 centimetres (3–8 in) wide,[3] it can be identified by the grayish spines of its lower surface.[2] The flesh is reddish-brown and woody.[3]

Similar species

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Similar species include the rare Echinodontium ballouii, as well as various conks which have pores rather than teeth below.[3]

Uses

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Native Americans used the red interior as a pigment.[2] Some Plateau Indian tribes applied the fungus to skin to prevent it from chapping.[4] It is inedible.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. ^ a b c Arno, Stephen F.; Hammerly, Ramona P. (2020) [1977]. 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.
  3. ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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