Fomes fomentarius    (L.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Hoof Fungus, Tinder Bracket, Tinder Fungus 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Polyporales/Polyporaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  

synonyms: Ungulina fomentaria 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Ungularia albescens, Elfvingia fomentaria, Polyporus fomentarius)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Fomes fomentarius
photo gallery of Fomes fomentarius potential confusions with Fomes fomentarius toxicity of Fomes fomentarius genus Fomes  



Fomes fomentarius is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet .
here should be the distribution map of Fomes fomentarius in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Fomes fomentarius in the forest of Rambouillet



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