Fomes
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| Fomes | |
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| Fomes fomentarius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849) |
| Type species | |
| Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. (1849) | |
Fomes is a genus of perennial woody fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Species are typically hoof-shaped (ungulate). New growth each season is added to the margin, resulting in a downward extension of the hymenium.[1] This often results in a zonate appearance of the upper surface, that is, marked by concentric bands of color.
The name comes from Latin fomes, meaning "tinder",[2] from the use of Fomes fomentarius, also known as the tinder fungus, in making tinder (see amadou).[citation needed]
Fomes was first introduced by Elias Magnus Fries as a subgenus of Polyporus in his 1836 work Genera Hymenomycetum. He promoted it to generic status in 1849.[3]
