Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Genus Echinodontium Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota Family Echinodontiaceae Scientific name Echinodontium tinctorium Order Russulales | |
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Similar Echinodontium, Echinodontiaceae, Russulales, Hericium abietis, Phellinus weirii | ||
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.
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