Living Beings

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    Fomes fomentarius

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    Source-identified Fomes fomentarius; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Tinder Fungus · Ilkka Kaita-aho · CC0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomFungi
    4. PhylumBasidiomycota
    5. ClassAgaricomycetes
    6. OrderPolyporales
    7. FamilyPolyporaceae
    8. GenusFomes
    9. SpeciesFomes fomentarius
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Fungi kingdom
    5. Dikarya subkingdom
    6. Basidiomycota phylum
    7. Agaricomycotina subphylum
    8. Agaricomycetes class
    9. Agaricomycetes incertae sedis no rank
    10. Polyporales order
    11. Polyporaceae family
    12. Fomes genus
    13. Fomes fomentarius species

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    1 published profile in this branch.

    No direct child records in this snapshot.

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Fomes fomentarius; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Species · Fomes

    Tinder Fungus

    Fomes fomentarius

    The tinder fungus is a tough perennial bracket that often becomes hoof-shaped. Its woody fruiting bodies remain attached to hardwood and can …