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Definition of Fomes

Fomes
Fomes Fo"mes, n.; pl. Fomites. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

Meaning of Fomes from wikipedia

- fruit bodies were previously classified as Fomes nigricans, but this is now recognised as a synonym of Fomes fomentarius. The colour is typically lighter...
- Latin fomes, meaning "tinder", from the use of Fomes fomentarius, also known as the tinder fungus, in making tinder (see amadou).[citation needed] Fomes was...
- Latin word fomes, meaning "tinder", in this sense in his essay on contagion, De Contagione et Contagiosis Morbis, published in 1546: "By fomes I mean clothes...
- Heritiera fomes is a species of mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae. Its common names include sunder, sundri, jekanazo and pinlekanazo. It is the dominant...
- desenchufados a fomes". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved May 29, 2022. Jofré, Alejandro (June 27, 2017). "Historia oral de Los Tres: el origen de Fome". La Tercera...
- Boletus fasciatus. It was later transferred by Cooke to Fomes fasciatus in 1885. The genus name "Fomes" translates to tinder as its holotype was historically...
- was scientifically do****ented by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke who named it as Fomes rhinocerotis based on a specimen found in Penang. Today, it is known by...
- (1839) Polyporus laurencii Berk. (1859) Fomes rubiginosus Berk. ex Cooke (1885) Polyporus calvescens Berk. (1839) Fomes calvescens (Berk.) Cooke (1885) Scindalma...
-  applanatum. G. oregonense, G. lucidum, and Fomitopsis pinicola are also similar. Fomes fasciatus produces a white spore print. G. applanatum is a wood-decay fungus...
- (Bres. & Henn. ex Sacc.) Bres., (1932) Synonyms Fomes philippii Bres. & Henn. ex Sacc., (1891) Fomes pseudoferreus Wakef., (1918) Ganoderma pseudoferreum...