Definition of Polyporus fomentarius. Meaning of Polyporus fomentarius. Synonyms of Polyporus fomentarius

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Definition of Polyporus fomentarius

Polyporus fomentarius
Polyporus Po*lyp"o*rus, n.; pl. Polypori. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + ? a pore.] (Bot.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus. Note: Polyporus fomentarius was formerly dried and cut in slices for tinder, called amadou. P. betulinus is common in America, and forms very large thick white semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several species of Polyporous are considered edible.
Polyporus fomentarius
Punk Punk, n. [Cf. Spunk.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. 2. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric. 3. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk. 4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] --Shak.

Meaning of Polyporus fomentarius from wikipedia

- Species Plantarum by Carl Linnaeus; he called it Boletus fomentarius. The specific epithet fomentarius is from the Latin fomentum, referring to tinder. The...
- in the ICN are Cynoglossum cheirifolium β Anchusa (lanata) and Polyporus fomentarius β applanatus whilst other examples (coming from the fungus database...
- surface and the pore layer is called context. A few polypores (e.g. Fomes fomentarius and Inocutis rhaedes) also have a core between context and substrate...
- Laetiporus sulphureus, Polyporus squamosus, Postia fragilis, Pycnoporellus fulgens, Tyromyces chioneus, and Fomes fomentarius. Nikitsky, Niklay B.; Schigel...
- needed] G. applanatum has been used to produce amadou, even though Fomes fomentarius is most commonly ****ociated with the production of amadou. Amadou is...
- Niemelä, (1982) Polyporus corni Velen., (1925) Polyporus fulvus R. Hartig Polyporus igniarius var. effusoreflexus Velen., (1922) Polyporus pomaceus (Pers...
- same Genus as the better known Horse Hoof or Tinder Conk fungus Fomes fomentarius, which was discovered with the 5,000 year old body of Otzi the Iceman...
- name comes from Latin fomes, meaning "tinder", from the use of Fomes fomentarius, also known as the tinder fungus, in making tinder (see amadou).[citation...
- Grifola frondosa, or are fruiting from buried pieces of substrate–such as Polyporus radicatus and P. melanopus. Wood-decay Polyporales reduce the volume of...
- species was discovered by science in 2008. Rigidoporus ulmarius (formerly Polyporus actinobolus), Polyporaceae Western and Southern Europe. At the Int'l....