genus fomes

1. 1.

   genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees

   SynonymsFomes

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofPolyporaceae

Questions about genus fomes

What does genus fomes mean?

genus fomes means "genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees".

What is another word for genus fomes?

Close synonyms include Fomes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus fomes a common word?

genus fomes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.