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Massive hoof fungus (a mushroom) on tree trunk in autumn woods of New England

Expanses of countryside. Tree fungus Tinder fungus on a dying tree trunk.

A mushroom grows from the trunk of a tree

Mushroom on the tree: Tinder (Latin Fomes fomentarius) - widely spread in Europe, a mushroom-tinder.

$Fomes fomentarius (L. ex Fr.) Kickx Echter Zunderschwamm Amadouvier, Hoof Fungus or Tinder Bracket. Bracket 5–45cm across, 3–25cm wide, 2–25cm thick, hoof-shaped, hard and woody, usually discrete but several fruit bodies may occur on the same trunk; upper surface with a hard horny crust, concentrically grooved and zoned grey. Flesh hard, fibrous, cinnamon-brown. Taste acrid, smell slightly fruity. Tubes 2–7mm long in each layer, rusty-brown. Pores 2–3 per mm, circular, light grey-brown darkening when handled.\n\nHabitat usually on birch in Scotland and Northern England, but also on beech (in the Netherlands). The few record from Southern England are mostly on beech and sycamore. Season sporulating in spring to early summer, perennial. Quite common in the Netherlands on Birch and Beech. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).\n\nThis is a beautiful Wood Fungus on dead Wood of Beech ( Fagus sylvatica) and Birch (Betula pendula). This one grows on a Trunk of Beech.\n\nIn earlier Days, the inner Part of the Fungus was used to make Fire.$

Fomes fomentarius, commonly known as the tinder fungus, false tinder fungus, hoof fungus, tinder conk, tinder polypore or ice man fungus.

On the birch trunk, covered with moss growing large white mushroom chaga.

A tree trunk infested by a tinder fungus, a parasitic mushroom which affects old and dying trees and snags, especially birches and beeches. Photograph taken near Weßling, Bavaria.

Hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on dead tree trunk in the Connecticut forest, autumn. So named because it resembles a horse's hoof. Also called tinder conk. According to Wikipedia, 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman (a mummified body found in the Alps in 1991) carried four pieces of F. fomentarius, presumably for tinder.

Agarikon fungus parasitising on a trunk of a tree

Big tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius on tree stem closeup on autumn background

Upwards view in an atmospheric forest with green leaves on the trees in autumn with a mist in the air. The mist gives the forest a magical atmosphere with the leaves just about to change color during this early fall day in het Kloosterbos in Gelderland.

A beautiful specimen of Fomes fomentarius (Hoof or Tinder Fungus) found in the woods in Dordogne, France

Wild reishi mushroom that was forraged in Manitoba canada

Large parasitic mushroom tinder fungus grows on stump. True polypore causes white rot on deciduous tree. Fomes fomentarius destroys wood and cracks in bark. Inedible devil's hooves or ice man fungus.

Fomes fomentarius, commonly known as the 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. Grows on various species of tree.

Mushrooms thrive naturally on the tree trunk, showcasing the symbiotic relationship between fungus and woodland ecology.

Top view of a Coriolus versicolor mushroom in Hoekwil forest, the Garden Route, South Africa. This species is said to have medicinal properties.

chaga mushroom on a dead tree, outgrowth

Hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on yellow birch tree trunk in the Connecticut forest. This fungus is named for its resemblance to a horse's hoof. Also called tinder conk. According to Wikipedia, 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman (a mummified body found in the Alps in 1991) carried four pieces of F. fomentarius, presumably for tinder.

tinder fungus at a deciduous tree in the Alsace,

Mushrooms at the bottom of a tree trunk in forest

The big tinder fungus (Fomitopsis pinicola) on a dead birch in the woods

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