Polyporaceae Ganoderma sp.

Shelf Fungus

Haisla and Hanaksiala - Other, Protection

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 135

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Scientific name: Ganoderma sp.
Common names: Shelf Fungus
Family: Polyporaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Haisla and Hanaksiala
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Protection
Notes: Plant placed at entrance of special shamanistic dance house as protection from bad spirits & ghosts.

RECRD: 61017 id: 15544

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