Tinder Polypore

Description:

Polyporaceae, Aphullophorales. Woody, dark grayish-brown, wide, hood-shaped; gray to gray-brown or graypblack, with dark brown sones; dry, velvety to smooth, with hard horney, thick crust. Flesh 0.3-3 cm, thick; dark tan to brown.

Habitat:

Season: Year-round. On dead deciduous trees or wounds in living trees; including maple, birch, and cherry. This common, hoof-shaped conk is known in Europe as "Amadou", and has been used there for centuries as a kind of punkwood for the quick ignition of fires. It has also been used in the cauterization of wounds.

Notes:

Thanks for helping me. Fomes fomentarius (commonly known as the Tinder Fungus, Hoof Fungus, Tinder Conk, Tinder Polypore or Ice Man Fungus).