Where’s Wildlife · Mushroom Field Guide
Fomes fomentarius group
Pronounced (approx.): FOH-meez foh-men-TAIR-ee-us
Likely identification. This entry is excluded from quiz questions.
A gray, woody conk projects from a fallen birch trunk.
Tinder Conk. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
LIKELY IDENTIFICATION
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
Dull gray upper surface
Brown pore-bearing underside
Attached to birch wood
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
Likely Fomes fomentarius group. This replaces the earlier Ganoderma applanatum suggestion with a clearly tentative identification.
The gray surface, brown tube layer and birch host favor Fomes. A closer underside view and specimen examination would help confirm the identification.
Standing or fallen hardwoods, especially birch and beech. Perennial fruiting bodies.
Perennial conks add layers of spore-producing tubes as they grow.
Dull gray upper surface.
Attached to birch wood.
This gallery retains a likely identification and is excluded from quiz questions.
These photographs were taken in Illinois or Wisconsin; the exact location of each image is unconfirmed. The observation map provides wider context.
Explore reported sightings on iNaturalist. Observation records are not a complete range map.
Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
Identification notes & comments
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