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Ice man fungus

Fomes fomentarius

Notes:

The 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman carried four pieces of F. fomentarius, concluded to be for use as tinder. It also has medicinal and other uses.

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2 Comments

Ahmed Mujcinovic
Ahmed Mujcinovic 6 years ago

Thanks.

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 6 years ago

wonderful!

Ahmed Mujcinovic
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Ahmed Mujcinovic

Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Spotted on Sep 24, 2017
Submitted on Sep 26, 2017

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