Latin name:
Fomes pinicola
(Swartz) Cooke
Botanical family:
Polyporaceae
Growth habit:
Fungi
Vernacular name(s):
Pinicola brown crumbly rot (Eng.)
polypore marginé, amadouvier des pins (Fr.)
mech-quah-too (Cree)
Uses:
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Powdered and mixed with water to make a paste applied to wounds or taken internally as an emetic [Cree: 76]. Smoked to treat headache [Dene: 98].