The famous Greek physician Hippocrates was among those that identified the mushroom also called hoof fungus or Fomes fomentarius as a species that could reduce inflammation. Today, there is ...

"the tinder for sin" (fomes peccati) ; since concupiscence "is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot harm those who do not consent but manfully resist it by the grace of Jesus Christ." 67 Indeed ...

“Other fungi, such as the large bracket fungi borne on tree trunks, have names such as dryad’s saddle (Polyporus squamosus) and Devil’s hoof (Fomes fomentarius). The little ground-dwelling ...

The park's ecosystem relies heavily on the mangroves to survive and thrive. The sundari tree (Heritiera fomes) is one of the dominant tree species in the region and gives the Sundarbans its name.