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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Polyporales: Polyporaceae: Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr., 1849

Fomes fomentarius – Hoof fungus

Synonyms: Agaricus fomentarius, Boletus fomentarius, Elfvingia fomentaria, Elfvingiella fomentaria, Fomes excavatus, Ochroporus fomentarius, Placodes fomentarius, Polyporus fomentarius, Pyropolyporus fomentarius, Scindalma fomentarium, Ungulina fomentaria.

Common names: hoof fungus, tinder bracket.

Russian names: Trutovik nastoyashchiy, Krovyanaya gubka.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Fomes fomentarius (commonly known as the tinder fungus, false tinder fungus, hoof fungus, 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.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-08-16.htm">August 16, 2016</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 16, 2016
Location on mapsSvetlanovskiy pr., 49, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Rotten blackened tinder polypore mushrooms (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a birch log in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-10-09.htm">October 9, 2016</A>
LinkRotten blackened tinder polypore mushrooms (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) on a birch log in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 9, 2016
Location on mapsPolyanskaya dor., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-10-09.htm">October 9, 2016</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 9, 2016
Location on mapsPolyanskaya dor., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) changing direction of growth after the log was turned in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-10-23.htm">October 23, 2016</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) changing direction of growth after the log was turned in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 23, 2016
Location on mapsZapadniy Skorostnoy Diameter, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Tinder polypore mushrooms (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a birch log in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-10-23.htm">October 23, 2016</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushrooms (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) on a birch log in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 23, 2016
Location on mapsZapadniy Skorostnoy Diameter, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a dead birch in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-02-12.htm">February 12, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) on a dead birch in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 12, 2017
Location on mapspr. Ispytateley, 3к3, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197348
Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a large tree of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-02-21.htm">February 21, 2017</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) on a large tree of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 21, 2017
Location on mapsnab. Reki Karpovki, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) near greenhouses in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-02-21.htm">February 21, 2017</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) on a sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) near greenhouses in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 21, 2017
Location on mapsnab. Reki Karpovki, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-03.htm">March 3, 2017</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 3, 2017
Location on mapsPrimorskoye sh., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a birch in area of Dibuny - Pesochny near Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-04.htm">March 4, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) on a birch in area of Dibuny - Pesochny near Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 4, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a log in area of Dibuny - Pesochny near Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-04.htm">March 4, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) on a log in area of Dibuny - Pesochny near Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 4, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a large tree on Znamenskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-12.htm">March 12, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) on a large tree on Znamenskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 12, 2017
Location on mapsKamskaya ul., 24, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 199178
Tinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on Znamenskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-12.htm">March 12, 2017</A>
LinkTinder polypore mushroom (bracket fungus, Fomes fomentarius) on Znamenskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 12, 2017
Location on mapsKamskaya ul., 24, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 199178
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-20.htm">March 20, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 20, 2017
Location on mapsSvetlanovskiy pr., 61к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194064
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a birch in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-03-20.htm">March 20, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) on a birch in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 20, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Tinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) in spruce forest near Chornaya River between Pesochnaya and Dibuny north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-04-03.htm">April 3, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushroom (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) in spruce forest near Chornaya River between Pesochnaya and Dibuny north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 3, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Tinder conk mushrooms (polypore fungus <B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) in Pesochny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-05-05.htm">May 5, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushrooms (polypore fungus Fomes fomentarius) in Pesochny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 5, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Tinder conk mushrooms (<B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) on a birch log in Pesochny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-05-05.htm">May 5, 2017</A>
LinkTinder conk mushrooms (Fomes fomentarius) on a birch log in Pesochny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 5, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Mushrooms Antrodiella pallescens on an old fruiting body of hoof fungus (<B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-02.htm">September 2, 2017</A>
LinkMushrooms Antrodiella pallescens on an old fruiting body of hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, St Petersburg, Russia
Hoof fungus (<B>Fomes fomentarius</B>) at the base of a tree in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-05-16.htm">May 16, 2021</A>
LinkHoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) at the base of a tree in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
Location on mapsLeningrad Oblast, Russia, 188667

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Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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