I37D. Mushrooms are excrement. 40.43.46.72.

Mushrooms are the excrement of a mythological character. See motive I37.

The Arctic. St. Lawrence [agyan anaa - shooting stars, "star excrement"; falling, they turn into haze mushrooms (Lycoperdon sp.)]: Jacobson 1984:18.

The coast is the Plateau. Quinolt [Pumas]: Lévi-Strauss 1976b:235; Sechelt [Thunder]: Lévi-Strauss 1976b:235

Plains. Kiowa [toadstool - "thunder excrement"]: Harrington 1928b: 140.

Chaco. Matako [Fox]: Lévi-Strauss 1976b:235; Toba [Rainbows]: Lévi-Strauss 1976b:235