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Tinder fungus

Fomes fomentarius

Description:

Very tough shelf fungus on eucalyptus. Top (cracking) is very hard and woody and spore surface is oily

Habitat:

Suburban park.

Notes:

see another one here; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/836...

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4 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thanks argybee. It does look like a tinder fungus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomen...
Please check you latin name for your spotting (Podoserpula pusio) - is that the name you intended to give to your tinder spotting?

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Forgot to say I am testing this as tinder. It's almost dry enough.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Hi martin. The underneath is interesting so you might like to check this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/834... and the reference therein which is http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/mycogeograp...

MartinL
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MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 19, 2012
Submitted on Apr 19, 2012

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