6/14/23, 9:04 PM
Suhkrumäe trepp, Kadriorg, Estonia
Urban woodland park zone (Birch sp.), dead tree trunks
N 59° 27' 06.1" (59.451702), E 24° 48' 42.1" (24.811688)
🔆 Clear sky, no wind, evening sun
Original Instagram postFomes fomentarius
Hoof Fungus
- Scientific identification
- Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr.
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Fomes
Names across languages
- English: Hoof Fungus
- German: Zunderschwamm
- Estonian: Tuletael
- Russian: Трутовик настоящий
- French: Amadouvier
- Spanish: Hongo yesca
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2023-06-14.
Hymenium
pores on hymenium, small and round, white to grayish
Cap
cap is hoof-shaped or semicircular, with a hard, woody texture, and typically has concentric zones of different colors ranging from gray to brown
Hymenium
hymenium is tubular (composed of tubes instead of gills)
Stipe
stipe is not present, as this fungus grows directly from the wood in a bracket-like manner
Spore print
spore print is pale brown to cinnamon
Ecology
ecology is saprotrophic and sometimes parasitic, typically found on the wood of deciduous trees, especially beech and birch
Edibility
inedible due to its tough, woody texture
Fruit body
individual brackets can be 5-45 cm across
Overview
Polypore mushroom known for its hard, woody texture and its historical use as tinder for starting fires. The fruiting bodies are perennial and can persist for many years, growing slowly and developing new layers of tubes. The fungus has also been used traditionally for making amadou, a material prepared from the flesh of the fruiting bodies and used for various purposes, including as a firestarter and as a material for hats and other items.
Published in: Fr. In: Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 321. (1849).
Field encounters
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