Parmeliaceae Parmelia physodes (L.) Ack.

Lichen

Potawatomi - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 107

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Scientific name: Parmelia physodes (L.) Ack.
Common names: Lichen
Family: Parmeliaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Vegetable soup material cooked into a soup, swelled and afforded a pleasant flavor.

RECRD: 306 id: 25508

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