The substance in question is a type of mushroom known as Fomes fomentarius. It grows on the rotting bark of trees and has historically been used mainly as a fire starter, lending it the nickname ...

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 ...

But it is the mangrove itself, the tree that probably gave its name to the Sundarbans - Heritiera fomes, or as it is locally known, Sundari - that is a true miracle of adaptation. Comprising about ...

“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 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 ...