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Definition of Genus Fomes
1. Noun. Genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Polyporaceae, Polyporaceae
Member holonyms: Agaric, Fomes Igniarius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fomes
Literary usage of Genus Fomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The genus Fomes. The genus Fomes difiera from Polyporus in having its bracket-shaped
sporo- phore corky-woody from the outset, and in forming regular ..."
2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"F. Atkinson) The genus Fomes includes among its representatives the most destructive
forest-tree organisms in this order of fungi. ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1905)
"The plants in the genus Fomes were formerly classed with the genus Polyporus,
but modern mycologists prefer to classify them in this group. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"... Murrill, "The Polyporaceae of North America—III, the genus Fomes " ; Piper, "Four
new species of grasses from Washington "; Osterhout, " New plants from ..."
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