Nineteenth Century Shaman Grave Guardians Are Carved Fomitopsis officinalis Sporophores

Blanchette, Robert A.; Compton, Brian D.; Turner, Nancy J.; Gilbertson, R. L.

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“…The most common theme of the songs used by the Nuxalk "fungus dancers" was the upper world or sky country (McIlwraith 1948). Tree fungi were also used to carve grave guardians and shaman's ritual objects for curing the sick (Blanchette et al 1992). Blanchette (2017: 10) reflects:…”

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‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples

Turner

Cuerrier

2022

Botany

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This paper describes the importance of fungi to Canadian Indigenous Peoples. Based on collaborative research with Indigenous knowledge holders and a review of literature, approximately 30-40 fungi are documented as having cultural roles for Canadian Indigenous groups. Some peoples have not eaten mushrooms traditionally, whereas others have a history of harvesting, cooking, storing and trading mushrooms as part of their diets. Perennial tree fungi have application as tinder, fire starter, and for carving masks. They also have a range of medicinal uses, some being consumed as medicinal teas, and others applied externally, in some cases by moxibustion to relieve underlying pain. Puffballs also have a range of material and medicinal applications, especially for stopping haemorrhages. Fungi are widely known for spiritual or sacred associations, and play key roles in rituals, ceremonies, stories and beliefs, which are also reflected in the names of some species. The antiquity of peoples’ relationships with fungi is likely very deep, extending back to ancient Asian or European ancestors of Pleistocene times, whose descendants on those continents have used them in similar ways. Fungi continue to play important roles for Indigenous Peoples today, with some being harvested commercially, and many still used in traditional ways.

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‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples

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2022

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“…Th e latter contains agaric acid (2-hydroxynonadecan-tricarbonic acid) and has been used as a purgative or as medicine against pulmonary diseases right up to the 20t century. Th is mushroom was already known to the ancient Greeks for its medical properties and played an important spiritual as well as medical role in many societies worldwide (Buller, 1914;Blanchette et al, 1992;Blanchette, 1997;Peintner and Pöder, 2000).…”

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GENERAL LECTURES Antihyperlipidemic Effect of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) P.Kumm. in HIV: Results of a Pilot Proof-of-Principle Clinical Trial

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“…Fomitopsis officinalis (Batsch) (Bondartsev & Singer) is a polyporoid fungus recognised as medicinal for millennia all over its distribution range, particularly against pulmonary diseases. The first written report about the so-called Agarikon is by the protopharmacologist Dioscorides Pedanios (I century AD) but the use of this unmistakable species has thereafter been documented on Alps, Central and Eastern Europe, Urals, Siberia and North America, where it sometimes acquired mythic and ritual significance (Blanchette et al 1992).…”

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Antimicrobial properties of Fomitopsis officinalis in the light of its bioactive metabolites: a review

Girometta

2018

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Fomitopsis officinalis, also known as Laricifomes officinalis, is a medicinal polypore used for millennia (Agarikon) to contrast several diseases, particularly the pulmonary ones. A rich literature has dealt with its ethno-mycological aspects, but isolation and chemical characterisation of single compounds has only recently significantly developed, as well as in vitro tests for bioactivity. According to several reports there is evidence of a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral activity by F. officinalis, including pathogens like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus, as well as Ortopox virus. Chlorinated coumarins from mycelia and lanostane triterpenoids from basidiomes have been demonstrated to be directly responsible for antiviral-antibacterial and trypanocidal activity, respectively. A wider literature deals instead with crude extracts including an undetermined mixture of metabolites, whose efficacy in vitro is yet far from being standardised as extraction and treatment methodology are highly variable. Nevertheless, in vivo tests on bees provided promising results in order to develop sustainable solutions against the pathogens responsible for colony collapse disorders. Despite increasing attention has been paid to other medicinal aspects of this polypore, such as immune-tropic or antitumor, this review rationally reports and critically analyses the available knowledge by focusing on aspects of antimicrobial properties.

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Nineteenth Century Shaman Grave Guardians Are Carved Fomitopsis officinalis Sporophores

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‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples

‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples

GENERAL LECTURES Antihyperlipidemic Effect of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.:Fr.) P.Kumm. in HIV: Results of a Pilot Proof-of-Principle Clinical Trial

Antimicrobial properties of Fomitopsis officinalis in the light of its bioactive metabolites: a review

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