Fomes fomentarius (commonly known as the tinder fungus,[3]false tinder fungus, hoof fungus,[3]tinder conk, tinder polypore or ice man fungus) is a species of fungal plant pathogen found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. The species produces very large polypore fruit bodies which are shaped like a horse's hoof and vary in colour from a silvery grey to almost black, though they are normally brown. It grows on the side of various species of tree, which it infects through broken bark, causing rot. The species typically continues to live on trees long after they have died, changing from a parasite to a decomposer.
Though inedible, F. fomentarius has traditionally seen use as the main ingredient of amadou, a material used primarily as tinder, but also used to make clothing and other items. The 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman carried four pieces of F. fomentarius, concluded to be for use as tinder. It also has medicinal and other uses.
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Fomesfomentarius (commonly known as the tinder fungus, false tinder fungus, hoof fungus, tinder conk, tinder polypore or ice man fungus) is a species...
Latin fomes, meaning "tinder", from the use of Fomesfomentarius, also known as the tinder fungus, in making tinder (see amadou).[citation needed] Fomes was...
Amadou is a spongy material derived from Fomesfomentarius and similar fungi that grow on the bark of coniferous and angiosperm trees, and have the appearance...
surface and the pore layer is called context. A few polypores (e.g. Fomesfomentarius and Inocutis rhaedes) also have a core between context and substrate...
7, 2013). "Geography and hosts of the wood decay fungi Fomes fasciatus and Fomesfomentarius in the United States". North American Fungi. 8 (2): 1–53...
needed] G. applanatum has been used to produce amadou, even though Fomesfomentarius is most commonly associated with the production of amadou. Amadou...
insect collections. It has also been used as tinder and anesthetic. Fomesfomentarius another fungus carried by Ötzi the Iceman Bulliard, Jean (1787). Herbier...
The mycelium of certain fungi, like those of the polypore fungus Fomesfomentarius which is sometimes referred to as Amadou, has been reported throughout...
traditional Chinese medicine. The polypores Laetiporus sulphureus, Fomesfomentarius, Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomitopsis betulina, and Laricifomes officinalis...
that are dissolved in a fluid). Some species of fungus, including Fomesfomentarius, are able to break down grains of pollen as a secondary nutrition...
the puffballs Lycoperdon gigantium, L. wahlbergii and the conks, Fomesfomentarius and F. igiarius. When fungi are burned, the characteristic smell is...
infested with fungi. It has been noted on several species, including Fomesfomentarius on birch and alder wood, Inonotus radiatus on alder and hazel and...
Pleurotus ostreatus, and Lentinula edodes (in the order Agaricales) and Fomesfomentarius, Ganoderma lucidum, and Trametes versicolor (in the order Polyporales);...
species of polypore mushrooms that may have been used as tinder (Fomesfomentarius), or for medicinal purposes (Piptoporus betulinus). Ancient peoples...
commonly used to ignite bunsen burners and oxyacetylene welding torches. Fomesfomentarius A species of fungal plant pathogen found in Europe, Asia, Africa and...
beetle (Bolitothorus reticulatus) is dependent on a particular fungus (Fomesfomentarius), which itself grows only on dead birch. Another insect, the pine...
226 cm (89 in) in circumference. It weighed 15.46 kg (34.1 lb). . Fomesfomentarius, Polyporaceae Widespread in north temperate zone. A specimen growing...
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