title: Fungi in Khanty folk medicine.
abstract: The fungal flora of the forest zone of West Siberia contains an average number of species. The Khanty living there consume only half a score of them. Several fungi are used for different purposes. The article presents data on the use of Amanita muscaria, Fomes fomentarius, Inonotus obliquus, Phellinus nigricans and the puff-ball in folk medicine.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Mycology, Estonian Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saar
mesh_terms: D000545:Amanita; D005658:Fungi; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D012800:Siberia