Echinodontium tinctorium
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Echinodontiaceae |
| Genus: | Echinodontium |
| Species: | E. tinctorium |
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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.
Some Plateau Indian tribes applied it to skin to prevent it from chapping.
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