Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, with Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on the trunk of a tree, Stuzica primeval Forest, Unesco World Heritage Site, Poloniny National Park, Western Car...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on tree trunk, European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Stuzica primeval Forest, Unesco World Heritage Site, Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathian...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on dead tree, Morske Oko Reserve, Vihorlat Mountains, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, May 2009

Nick Upton / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on a rotten Downy birch (Betula pubescens) tree trunk which a woodpecker has drilled a hole into, Muraka Forest reserve, Estonia, April

Paul Hobson / Horse shoe fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on dead Birch (Betula sp). Nottinghamshire, England, UK. August.

Bruno D'Amicis / Autumn colours and ancient Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree with Tinder fungus (Fomes sp.) growing on its trunk in Coppo del Principe old-growth Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Par...

Bruno D'Amicis / Autumn colours and ancient Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree with Tinder fungus (Fomes sp.) growing on its trunk in Coppo del Principe old-growth Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Par...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fungus gnat (Mycetophilidae) feeding on tinder fungus (Fomes sp.) in old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, Italy. September

Adrian Davies / Dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus) bracket fungus on moss covered log. Surrey, England, UK. May

Dong Lei / Fungi (Meripilus giganteus) Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan Province, China. July

Ingo Arndt / Hoof / Tinder Bracket Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn forest, Moenchbruch, Hessen, Germany, November 2007.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Cinnabar red polypore (Pycnoporus cinnabarinus) on branch, Bienwald, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.