Echinodontium tinctorium
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Description
Growing to 8–20 centimetres (3–8 in) wide, it can be identified by the grayish spines of its lower surface. The flesh is reddish-brown and woody.
Similar species
Similar species include the rare Echinodontium ballouii, as well as various conks which have pores rather than teeth below.
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Uses
Native Americans used the red interior as a pigment. Some Plateau Indian tribes applied the fungus to skin to prevent it from chapping. It is inedible.
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