Todays #fungifind 🍄

Hoof Fungus! (Fomes fomentarius)

This #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 to brown.

They generally grow on #Birch or other #deciduous trees and are #parasitic, eventually killing the tree. They can remain on the #trunks after killing them.

They are not #edible but are known as Tinder Fungus due to their use as #tinder and #clothing if ever needed!

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