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  2. Strobilomyces strobilaceus - Wikipedia

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    Strobilomyces strobilaceus, also called Strobilomyces floccopus and commonly known as old man of the woods, [1] is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. It is native to Europe and North America. Fruit bodies are characterized by very soft dark grey to black pyramidal and overlapping scales on the cap surface.

  3. Oreocereus celsianus - Wikipedia

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    Oreocereus celsianus grows with upright, columnar shoots that branch out from the base and reaches heights of up to around 3 metres (10 ft) tall with a diameter of 8 to 12 cm (3.1 to 4.7 in). O. celsianus is covered in a downy white hair and spines, with greatest density at the tips of stems receding to near-bare at the base.

  4. Strobilomyces - Wikipedia

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    Strobilomyces is a genus of boletes (mushrooms having a spongy mass of pores under the cap).The only well-known European species is the type species S. strobilaceus (also named S. floccopus), known in English as "old man of the woods".

  5. The Simple 150-Year-Old Family Cookie Recipe I Make Every Year

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    Ingredients. 1 cup (2 sticks) European-style butter, such as Kerrygold or Plugra ... 1 bottle (1 fl oz) almond extract. 1 tsp vanilla extract. 1/2 tsp fine sea salt. 3 cups all-purpose flour. 1 ...

  6. Marah (plant) - Wikipedia

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    The Chinook make a poultice from the gourd. The Squaxin mash the upper stalk in water to dip aching hands. The Chehalis burn the root and mixed the resulting powder with bear grease to apply to scrofula sores. The Coast Salish make a decoction to treat venereal disease, kidney trouble and scrofula sores. [citation needed]

  7. Pemmican - Wikipedia

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    Called "Bovril pemmican" or simply "dog pemmican", it was a beef product consisting, by volume, of 2 ⁄ 3 protein and 1 ⁄ 3 fat (i.e., a 2:1 ratio of protein to fat), without carbohydrate. It was later ascertained that although the dogs survived on it, this was not a nutritious and healthy diet for them, being too high in protein. [ 28 ]

  8. Laudanum - Wikipedia

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    The first, from an 1870 publication, is "Best Turkey opium 1 oz., slice, and pour upon it boiling water 1 gill, and work it in a bowl or mortar until it is dissolved; then pour it into the bottle, and with alcohol of 70 percent proof 1 ⁄ 2 pt., rinse the dish, adding the alcohol to the preparation, shaking well, and in 24 hours it will be ...

  9. Oreocereus trollii - Wikipedia

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    Oreocereus trollii, commonly known as the Old Man of the Andes cactus, is a species of cacti native to Argentina and Bolivia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Though listed as Least Concern by the IUCN , the plant is collected extensively, and in some areas is threatened.