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red-belted polypore (inedible)


Entry Type:
Fungi
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
red-belted polypore (inedible)
Myaamia Name:  
ilenoonkwia
Harvest Seasons:  
Winter, Fall
Habitats:  
Dry Prairie grasslands, Wet Prairie grasslands with flooding

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Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Description

Fomitopsis spp. are a common genus of fungi that grow on trees in the upper midwest, and their form has a flat bottom and often semi-conical top portion that could resemble a man's nose, and together with the tree could resemble a man's face.

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Description

"ĭlänóngwĭa", "mushroom, leathery polypores, with colors in concentric circles, i.e., man's face" and "fungus growing on logs etc."

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 Description

"hilenû́ngwia", "prickly pear cactus"

This gloss may have been in error – David Costa

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
McKnight, K. B., Rohrer, J., Ward, K. M., and McKnight, K. H. 2021 Habitat

Occurs throughout North America in both eastern and westsern Myaamia lands, but found more commonly in the north on coniferous trees stumps and logs; sometimes found on deciduous and even live trees. 

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