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Hoof Fungus

Photo: @lucapilia · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Fungi and other organisms

Hoof Fungus

Fomes fomentarius

Observations in the area
4
Last sighting
8 January 2026
Category
Fungi and other organisms
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The species

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...

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