| Identification | Food & Medicinal Uses | Web Page Links | Online Videos | References |
| Kingdom | Fungi – Fungi |
| Subkingdom | Dikarya |
| Phylum | Basidiomycota |
| Subphylum | Agaricomycotina |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Order | Hymenochaetales |
| Family | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus | Inonotus L. |
| Species | Inonotus obliquus L. – cinder conk |
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Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman Timber Press, c1998 ISBN: 0881924539 |
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Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to Eastern Indian Tribes by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown Dover Publications, c1989 ISBN: 048625951X |
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Peterson Field Guide for Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America by Lee Allen Peterson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (c1999) ISBN: 039592622X |
