Usage examples (6)

• The tree may be attacked by white root rot (Fomes), which makes the roots rot.
• Sandan is very susceptible to heart rot (Fomes caryopnhylla), buff brown pocket rot (Polystictus nilgheriensis) and white spongy rot
• Another fungal growth is associated with the white birch: Fomes fomentarius, the bracket or shelf fungus used as punk, tinder, touchwood, wick for thousands of years,...
• There may be two reasons for this: first, a fresh mushroom when crushed or pressed becomes a soft mucoid mass; the second could be an ancient connection between Fomes...