Fomes fomentarius (hoof fungus, tinder bracket)

Interactions where Fomes fomentarius is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		live, standing	trunk	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead, white-rotten	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fomes fomentarius on Beech in Kent, Ingold, C.T., 1965 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live, standing	trunk	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Fomes fomentarius on Beech in Kent, Ingold, C.T., 1965 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead, white-rotten	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak		dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Aesculus	horse chestnuts	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus/	Aesculus	horse chestnuts		live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Aesculus	horse chestnuts	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus/	Aesculus	horse chestnuts		dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	?	live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	?	dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces	?	live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces	?	dead, white-rotten	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk	Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines	?	live, standing	trunk
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood	Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines	?	dead, white-rotten	wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ingold, C.T., 1965	Fomes fomentarius on Beech in Kent	TBMS Vol 48 (1): 81-82.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact	Biological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.
Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium	Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 305-312.
Storey, M.W., 2015	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide	www.bioimages.org.uk

Species	Fomes fomentarius (Hoof Fungus, Tinder Bracket)
Genus	Fomes (a genus of fungi)
Family	POLYPORACEAE (a family of polypores)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Author	Year	Title	Source
Houghton, H.J.	1986	Fomes fomentarius in Lincolnshire and South Humberside	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (1): 39-41.
Ingold, C.T.	1965	Fomes fomentarius on Beech in Kent	TBMS Vol 48 (1): 81-82.

Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr.
(Hoof Fungus, Tinder Bracket)

Interactions where Fomes fomentarius is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Fomes fomentarius is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Fomes fomentarius is also a member of:

Identification Works

General Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Summary
	is decayed by effuse colony of Amblyosporium anamorph	Amblyosporium botrytis	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Amblyosporium botrytis/	Amblyosporium botrytis	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Amblyosporium anamorph	Fungus / saprobe		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket		Minor	effuse colony of Amblyosporium anamorph is saprobic on
fruitbody	fruitbody may contain larva	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle	Coleoptera: Ciidae	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle			larva	Fungus / internal feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody		larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody	fruitbody may contain larva	Bolitophagus reticulatus	a darkling beetle	Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Tenebrionidae/Bolitophagus reticulatus/	Bolitophagus reticulatus	a darkling beetle			larva	Fungus / internal feeder		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket	fruitbody		larva feeds within fruitbody