Synonymy:
Boletus fomentarius L., Sp. pl. 2: 1176 (1753)
Agaricus fomentarius (L.) Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. (Paris) 1(1): 50 (1783)
Pyrenium fomentarium (L.) Paulet, Traité des champignons (Paris) 2: 85, tab. 6, fig. 2-3, tab. 8, fig. 3-5 (1808) [1793]
Polyporus fomentarius (L.) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 1: 374 (1821)
Placodes fomentarius (L.) Quél., Enchiridion Fungorum in Europa media et praesertim in Gallia Vigentium: 171 (1886)
Ochroporus fomentarius (L.) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(25–32): 486 (1888) [1889]
Scindalma fomentarium (L.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 518 (1898)
Ungulina fomentaria (L.) Pat., Essai Tax. Hyménomyc. (Lons-le-Saunier): 102 (1900)
Elfvingia fomentaria (L.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 30(5): 298 (1903)
Elfvingiella fomentaria (L.) Murrill, North. Polyp. (New York): 52 (1914)
Pyropolyporus fomentarius (L.) Teng, Chung-kuo Ti Chen-chun, [Fungi of China]: 763 (1963)

Polyporus fomentarius var. stratosus Pers., Mycologia Europaea (Erlanga) 2: 81 (1825)

Polyporus fomentarius var. excavatus Berk., Ann. nat. Hist., Mag. Zool. Bot. Geol. 3: 387 (1839)
Fomes excavatus (Berk.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 6: 180 (1888)

Fomes fomentarius var. leuciticus Kalchbr., in Saccardo, Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 6: 180 (1888)

Ungularia populina Lázaro Ibiza, Revta R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr. 14(10): 670 (1916)

Ungularia albescens Lázaro Ibiza, Revta R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr. 15(7): 374 (1917)

Polyporus fomentarius var. lineatus Velen., České Houby (Praze) 4-5: 677 (1922)

Ungulina fomentaria subsp. nigricans Bourdot & Galzin, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 41(2): 174 (1925)

Position in classification:
Fomes, Polyporaceae, Polyporales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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