
"Fomes fomentarius" is a species of fungal plant pathogen found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The species produces very large polypore fruit bodies which are shaped like a horse's hoof and vary in colour from a silvery grey to almost black, though they are normally brown. It grows on the side of various species of tree, which it infects through broken bark, causing rot.
Similar species: Polyporales
By Lorena
All rights reserved
Uploaded Jan 9, 2015. Captured Jan 8, 2015 15:17 in Ulica Pavleka Miškine 4Z, 35000, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.