Fomes Fomentarius |
| USDA Forest Service. 1979. A guide to common insects and diseases of forest trees in the northeastern United States. Northeast. Area State Priv. For., For. Insect and Disease Management., Broomall, PA. p. 123, illus. |
Fomes fomentarius affects many hardwoods but prefers beech, birch, and aspen. Decay usually is limited to areas killed by some other agent. The conk is hard, gray, smooth, and shaped like a horse's hoof. The conk is similar to that of Phellinus tremulae and P. igniarius. The wood decayed by F. fomentarius if soft, spongy, and yellowish white.
Fruiting Bodies; Poland
Gil Wojciech, Polish Forest Research Institute |
Fruiting Bodies; On trunk of dead beech. Poland
Gil Wojciech, Polish Forest Research Institute |
Fruiting Bodies; Causes white, spongy, trunk rot. Poland
Gil Wojciech, Polish Forest Research Institute |
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